[Macpartners] weird Mac behavior

[Marion Leeds Carroll]

Well, I just restarted, and things seem to be back to normal.. but why  
did this happen? and how can I keep it from happening again?

I clicked on an icon in my doc, expecting the app (which was hidden)  
to appear.  Instead, I was shown the applications folder, with the  
icon for the app I wanted visible.  I tried another hidden app - and  
got the same thing:  the folder rather than the app.

I tried clicking on the dock's icon for an app that was closed - and  
there, too, I was shown the folder but not the app.

A friend had used my Mac yesterday, and seems to have changed some  
viewing prefs... so I thought this might be related (although if so,  
why hadn't it happened earlier in the day?)

So I tried looking in the systems pref folder to see if there's a  
preference that could have changed... but didn't see anything useful.

So I decided to send an email to mac-partners... but when I clicked on  
the Mail box where I keep my related emails (to check the address), I  
couldn't access the messages -- I stayed in the In box.  In fact, I  
tried visiting other boxes:  each one was highlighted, until half my  
box titles were highlighted... but none of the boxes opened.

At which point I restarted... and things look okay so far.  But what  
happened?  And how can I keep it from happening again?

- Marion


Marion Leeds Carroll
MIT Libraries Web Assistant
mlcar at mit.edu

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