a bunch of weird Finder problems -- please help

[Gregg Dinse]

On 24 Jan 2008, at 11:12 AM, LuKreme wrote:

> On 23-Jan-2008, at 19:11, Gregg Dinse wrote:
>> 1. several windows were open that were not open earlier
>> 2. some file icons on my desktop were re-arranged
>> 3. there were 3 "untitled" new folders created on my desktop
>> 4. there were 2 "untitled" new folders in my home directory
>> 5. the Finder was in Cover Flow view instead of Column view
>> 6. Toast was open, but it was not running earlier
>> 7. my 9-GB Pictures folder was copied to my Music folder
>> 8. a folder called Fonts, which had been in my home directory,
>> was moved to my Downloads folder
>> 9. an icon of my computer was shown in the Device section
>> of the Sidebar, but it had not been there before
>
> Do you have a cat?  A 3 yo?
>
> -- I do believe Marsellus Wallace, my husband, your boss, told you  
> to take *me* out and do *whatever I wanted*. Now I wanna dance, I  
> wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good.

We have no kids and though we have a few cats, they are locked out of  
that part of the house.  Also, though I realize that some of these  
thing look like something a cat could do, surely not all of them are.

I suppose I might think this is funny if it was not my system.  But  
with this many things copied, moved, and created, who knows how many  
things might have been deleted or what other things have changed that  
I have not yet noticed.

I have a backup of most of my personal files that I did on January 1,  
but I hate to lose what I have done since then if I don't have to.  I  
also have Time Machine backups, but this is new software, so I wanted  
to get some input from others before trying to revert back to a  
previous state via Time Machine.  Have others used Time Machine to  
revert their entire system back to an earlier state?  If so, were you  
happy with the results?

Thanks in advance for any help that any of you can provide.

Gregg