When I restarted my mac, it deleted some of my editing softwares. How do I recover them?
I had a bunch of apps and editing softwares, and I updated and restarted my mac and they disappeared. Also, I can't reset or change my password.
Have you tried to restart in safe mode (shift key held on startup) until or if you can
get a window to login; then you may be able to use the computer to troubleshoot.
• Try safe mode if your Mac doesn't finish starting up - Apple Support
There may be damages to your computers hard drive, so some files or user account
could fail to appear correctly; depending on age and wear, a hard drive failure may
be expected at some point in the life of a computer. They can be replaced; but you
should have a backup of your running computer content -and- your files, outside of
the computer in externally enclosed hard drive. Also, Time Machine backups, as well.
•About macOS Recovery - Apple Support
Depending on the macOS (or OS X) version running on the computer, and its vintage
you may be able to start using instruction in OS X Recovery, to access Disk Utility
and other options from a menu that would load from that startup method.
• Apple OS X and Time Machine Tips:
http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
If your computer has a BootCamp partition, or a virtual PC machine running, that can
add another layer of troubleshooting. ~ Since I don't know what your configuration of
hardware + software is, there's not a lot of specific information to give in that matter.
About passwords; if you have FileVault or encrypted partitions, or files, or if you
have a Firmware Password (lock) on your user account, those are different than
if you simply had a regular Admin account or standard account password issue.
•Change or reset the password of an OS X user account - Apple Support
• Five ways to Reset a Lost Admin password:
http://tidbits.com/article/14437
• If you forgot your Apple ID password - Apple Support
And if you upgraded to a new macOS Sierra or other new to your Mac system, the
applications you had been using may not be supported or you may not have set up
the upgrade properly. Hard to say what you had been doing. OR what exact model
Mac you have there and what macOS X was involved before an update or upgrade.
In any event...
Good luck! 🙂