OK, i know its been said in various ways on this site, but i'll say it again, as i found out today how similar OS9+ and OS X are. If something changes in your OS X enviroment, some configuration, the look of your desktop, your mailbox has suddenly added more boxes, folders are in the wrong place, or like me, all of your invisible files become visible, SCRAP THE PREFERENCES relative to the change.
if you're unsure if it's the preferences, then login as someone else and see if it stays the same, if it doesn't, its more than likely to be a prefence change, so dump it in the trash. you wont have to delete it, it wont work from the trash. after you RESTART, if the problem still hasn't changed, you can move it back (say yest to "replace new with old") no harm done. OS X isn't that different after all.
[Editor's note: I published a similar tip back in December, but it bears repeating. It's good advice, and you can find your user's preference files in your home directory, then in Library/Preferences]
if you're unsure if it's the preferences, then login as someone else and see if it stays the same, if it doesn't, its more than likely to be a prefence change, so dump it in the trash. you wont have to delete it, it wont work from the trash. after you RESTART, if the problem still hasn't changed, you can move it back (say yest to "replace new with old") no harm done. OS X isn't that different after all.
[Editor's note: I published a similar tip back in December, but it bears repeating. It's good advice, and you can find your user's preference files in your home directory, then in Library/Preferences]
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