Xslimmer

I have just used xslimmer, and I am having problems understanding exactly what happened. Obviously since I'm on here my computer is still working, but here's what happened:

After I ran Xslimmer, I opened up a Finder window on my computer and went to the hard drive display. In it, there are folders that weren't there before. The are titled the following: Desktop (Mac OS 9), Developer, System (OS X), System (OS 9), Users, Applications (OS 9), Desktop Folder, and Library. I'm guessing this is how XSlimmer backed up the files, however the "XSlimmer Backups" folder is empty. All of my HD space disappeared, and when I looked at the "get info" window for the folders that magically appeared on my HD, I saw that the Users folder had almost 50 GB of files, which is exactly the amount that wend missing from my HD. I'm hesitant to do anything. Can you tell me what I need to do to undo what Xslimmer did?

G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Nov 29, 2008 11:25 PM

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Nov 29, 2008 11:46 PM in response to RJJones2020

I will add that in all my confusion with the software, I initially clicked "slim," at which point a window came up which prompted me to back up all the files. I was watching a video tutorial, so I clicked cancel. When I finished the video and returned to go through the process, I clicked "slim," at which point I was expecting to be met with the same prompt. However, I was not - I guess it literally meant it when it said "this is the first time you have hit 'slim' ". Anyway, so nothing that I slimmed was backed up, but that's not my concern. I don't want to un-slim those programs, I just want to figure out why all of these old OS 9 folders are showing up, and why the Users folder is suddenly 50 GB. If it's just a matter of deleting the extra files, then that's not a problem. Please help me if you have any ideas. Thanks!-

Dec 1, 2008 10:04 AM in response to RJJones2020

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Dec 7, 2008 9:06 AM in response to RJJones2020

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