How to find My Templates and stop my Mac doing strange things

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How to find My Templates and stop my Mac doing strange things

I followed the 2011 post by Peggy to find my hidden library, but it still wouldn't show 'My Templates' so that I can amend them. Meanwhile, since upgrading from Leopard 6 to Lion 8 my mac takes 3 times as long to do anything but I can find no way to revert to Leopard. Is there a way? On start-up, my Mac opens up all sorts of programs like word and console, and on closing, it has, on a few occasions, restarted itself. How do I stop such events?

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 2 years old

Posted on Mar 9, 2013 4:55 AM

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Linc Davis

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Mar 9, 2013 1:39 PM in response to bobgrif

To open the user Library folder, hold down the option key and select Go > Library from the Finder menu bar. To stop applications from reopening when you log in, simply quit them before you log out, or else uncheck the box marked Reopen windows... in the logout confirmation dialog.

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bobgrif Author

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Mar 9, 2013 2:05 PM in response to Linc Davis

Will try the shut/down start up possibilities tnx.

The Library was there but no folder named 'My Templates'. I have a folder called 'Templates in my user files along with documents, downloads, music, etc., but any Template I make is saved into the 'My Templates' Folder, which I can't find. If I want to save to 'Templates', I have to save to desktop and drag it into that folder. The My Templates folder contains all the usual, plus special templates I've made, but I cannot access them.

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Mar 9, 2013 2:23 PM in response to Templeton Peck

Already answered in my reply to Linc. Standard templates and my own designed ones. I have come across a file called 'User Template' in my searches but it tells me that I do not have permission to open it so don't know what that one is. I am using Windows .dotx templates rather than Pages, which I stopped using because none of our PCs could read them.

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bobgrif Author

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Mar 9, 2013 2:49 PM in response to Linc Davis

I don't have any problems with Pages, the templates I can't find are mainly Word Docs. I have some of my templates in the qickstart launch but still need to get to those hidden ones. I've just uninstalled Sophos, which has speeded up the computer a certain amount. 1.30 min to start up instead of 2 min and the applications open up a lot quicker. So some gains!🙂

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