Shared Files Deleted (by themselves?) HELP!
 

I'm running OS X 10.2.6 and the newest Limewire. What's with all of my shared files being deleted? This happened 2x today (am I being hacked?).

Thank you VERY much for ur help.

They're being deleted from your harddrive, or from your library? More detials please and your specs.

Files deleted from drive ... that I know of.
 

Hey thanks for the help. I'm just a little creeped out by this. I'm a psyudo-geek.
Running: LW 3.2.2 'pro' & 800mhz iBook 10.2.6 G3 iTunes 4.0.1 on a pirated wifi line (someone's broadcasting it over the ENTIRE intersection in the city I live in).

I don't accedentially dump files - but twice the shared folder (which is separate from my personal MP3 files) was emptied completely; the second time it was zapped I had copied an entire folder (70+ files).

The first time it was lost I had 5 gigs of files which were also in my iTunes as well (thought it'd be easier to burn 'em for friends if I had the folders in one place + used Toast as opposed to using iTunes to burn).

So since I was operating from a copied set there should be 3 copies of a number of songs in: iTunes, the shared folder, and the copy I kept separate. Doing a find the files don't show up in a directory.

Now I know zip about using the UNIX prompt so I imagine they COULD exist.

Argh.

I thought maybe I nixed them myself by zapping the incomplete downloads folder but that doesn't make sense.

Thank you again.

We've just experienced the same thing. All of our Limewire files are gone from both the Library and our folder on the harddrive. Anything we transferred into iTunes remains.

We're worried. What happened??
Thanks,
Megan

PS>> Mac OS 10.1.5 G4

Well, I use Linux, and in Gtk-Gnutella, on the debug screen, i'vve seem some attempts to erase my files ( but they failed ).

Is RIAA around?

That's what we're afraid of...
:(

Aha! I think I know what your problem is. itunes's options has a feature which is on by default. Anything transferred to itunes is deleted and put into the itunes folder. So if you play anything from your shared folder, it will be deleted and copied to the itunes folder.