Sites gone. How can I restore??

Re: DW MX 2004 on Mac OS X 10.3.4

I just launched DW MX 2004 (update) and all of my site definitions are gone.
No, I did not export them manually, so I cannot import them that way. I have a
full backup of my hard drive, so is there a file or files somewhere that I can
replace from my backup that will restore the site defs????

Hey Macromedia - this data should automatically be backed up by the program
itself.

Sorry but the file definitions are stored in the registry.

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"richonmaui" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Re: DW MX 2004 on Mac OS X 10.3.4

I just launched DW MX 2004 (update) and all of my site definitions are
gone.
No, I did not export them manually, so I cannot import them that way. I
have a
full backup of my hard drive, so is there a file or files somewhere that I
can
replace from my backup that will restore the site defs????

Hey Macromedia - this data should automatically be backed up by the
program
itself.

I sincerely appreciate your response, but I suspect you are referring to the Windows version. I'm looking for info specific to where this data is stored in OS X.

thnx

richonmaui said the following:

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No need to bump, doesn't work on the nntp forums where most of us are.

If you haven't backed up the site definitions previously, it is too late to
restore them without getting down and dirty in the registry.

For future reference, use one of the following packages to backup your site
definitions, so that you can restore them if it ever happens again.

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If you have a full backup of your hard drive, you should be in luck. Look
here:
~/Library/Application Support/ Macromedia/Common/2004/Sites

There should a file named "Site Prefs"

Drop your backup of that file into the same directory on your computer. With
DW not running, of course.

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On 7/14/04 11:45 PM, in article cd4ukf$nnm$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com,
"richonmaui" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

I sincerely appreciate your response, but I suspect you are referring to the
Windows version. I'm looking for info specific to where this data is stored in
OS X.

thnx

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
If you have a full backup of your hard drive, you should be in luck. Look
here:
~/Library/Application Support/ Macromedia/Common/2004/Sites

There should a file named "Site Prefs"

Drop your backup of that file into the same directory on your computer. With
DW not running, of course.
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Sonjay

Drum roll please!!! Sonjay has the correct answer for the Mac OS X version.
All sites fully restored with a simple drag and drop of a file from my backup.
THANK YOU SONJAY!!

And FYI, there is no "registry" in the Mac version. That's a PC thing.

Here's another possible solution I stumbled upon that might work
cross-platform. Since I still had my old version of DW MX (not 2004), I was
able to launch the old version and export my most critical site definitions
from there, then launch MX 2004 and import.

Glad I could help, Rich.

Having those defs in a separate text file makes so much more sense than
burying them in the registry, the way it's done on the PC side. When I was
using DW on the PC, I used to lose my site defs at least once a month, and I
got paranoid about backing them up regularly, which on a PC is a PITA
because you have to use a special third-party program to grab them from the
registry if you want to do them all at once. On the Mac side, your regular
old garden-variety daily backups, however you perform them, will backup your
site defs, so long as you include your Library folder in your backup
routine.

On the other hand, since I've been using DW2004 on my Mac, and don't have to
worry about backing up my site defs separately, I haven't lost them even
once. I guess text files are less corruptible than the registry.

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Sonjay

On 7/15/04 1:51 PM, in article cd6g6s$q6t$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com,
"richonmaui" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
If you have a full backup of your hard drive, you should be in luck. Look
here:
~/Library/Application Support/ Macromedia/Common/2004/Sites

There should a file named "Site Prefs"

Drop your backup of that file into the same directory on your computer. With
DW not running, of course.
--
Sonjay

Drum roll please!!! Sonjay has the correct answer for the Mac OS X version.
All sites fully restored with a simple drag and drop of a file from my backup.
THANK YOU SONJAY!!

And FYI, there is no "registry" in the Mac version. That's a PC thing.

Here's another possible solution I stumbled upon that might work
cross-platform. Since I still had my old version of DW MX (not 2004), I was
able to launch the old version and export my most critical site definitions
from there, then launch MX 2004 and import.

Now it will happen to you twice.

I know at least two Mac users who have lost them....

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"Sonjay" <my-name (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote

Glad I could help, Rich.

Having those defs in a separate text file makes so much more sense than
burying them in the registry, the way it's done on the PC side. When I was
using DW on the PC, I used to lose my site defs at least once a month, and
I
got paranoid about backing them up regularly, which on a PC is a PITA
because you have to use a special third-party program to grab them from
the
registry if you want to do them all at once. On the Mac side, your regular
old garden-variety daily backups, however you perform them, will backup
your
site defs, so long as you include your Library folder in your backup
routine.

On the other hand, since I've been using DW2004 on my Mac, and don't have
to
worry about backing up my site defs separately, I haven't lost them even
once. I guess text files are less corruptible than the registry.

--
Sonjay

On 7/15/04 1:51 PM, in article cd6g6s$q6t$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com,
"richonmaui" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
If you have a full backup of your hard drive, you should be in luck.
Look
here:
~/Library/Application Support/ Macromedia/Common/2004/Sites

There should a file named "Site Prefs"

Drop your backup of that file into the same directory on your computer.
With
DW not running, of course.
--
Sonjay

Drum roll please!!! Sonjay has the correct answer for the Mac OS X
version.
All sites fully restored with a simple drag and drop of a file from my
backup.
THANK YOU SONJAY!!

And FYI, there is no "registry" in the Mac version. That's a PC thing.

Here's another possible solution I stumbled upon that might work
cross-platform. Since I still had my old version of DW MX (not 2004), I
was
able to launch the old version and export my most critical site
definitions
from there, then launch MX 2004 and import.

And so what if it does....? I do regular backups, and I can just pull my
Site Prefs from yesterday's backup, like Rich just did. Actually, it would
make me smile and feel tingly all over because of the ease of restoring
them, compared to what I went through on the PC.

Life's weird when something like losing your site defs can make you smile.


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On 7/15/04 2:47 PM, in article cd6jft$10p$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com, "Murray
*TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote:

Now it will happen to you twice.

I know at least two Mac users who have lost them....

LOL - yeah, I'll say!

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"Sonjay" <my-name (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote

And so what if it does....? I do regular backups, and I can just pull my
Site Prefs from yesterday's backup, like Rich just did. Actually, it would
make me smile and feel tingly all over because of the ease of restoring
them, compared to what I went through on the PC.

Life's weird when something like losing your site defs can make you smile.


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On 7/15/04 2:47 PM, in article cd6jft$10p$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com, "Murray
*TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote:

Now it will happen to you twice.

I know at least two Mac users who have lost them....