Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist

I would greatly appreciate some help with my new Mac. I’m currently in a W3C meeting so I’m unable to call anyone, or drop into a Mac store.

All my files and preferences for everything are gone. For example, my email client is asking me to setup accounts and my browsers don’t appear to have any history or passwords stored. The bin is empty so I’m confident (hoping!) my stuff hasn’t been deleted.

It’s as if I’m using a PC and have signed in as a new user. I’m the only user setup on this machine.

Is it obvious that it has been 12 years since I last used a Mac?! It’ll be another 12 years before I use this again if everything is gone for good.
Please feel free to comment on this blog and/or on my Facebook note where I’ve also solicited help.

Thanks in advance!