Several posts on the Apple Support forums (1, 2) dating back to 12 September indicate that some users have been losing all their data due to a nasty bug in Snow Leopard, a.k.a. Mac OS 10.6. On ...

Apple is reportedly working on a fix for a widely-reported bug in the new Snow Leopard OS that can cause massive data loss. Apple on Monday acknowledged the bug, which can lead to the loss of all of a ...

Update: Apple has acknowledged the issue and says its engineers are working on a fix. No software patch has been released yet, and Apple hasn’t given Snow Leopard users a timeframe — but for now, ...

In response to widespread media coverage Monday, Apple has acknowledged a bug in its latest operating system, Snow Leopard, that involved some users losing a large amount of their data when logging ...

Apple admits it is aware the Snow Leopard version of OS X can delete data when people log in (even accidentally) using the operating system’s “guest” account. “We are working on a fix,” the Cupertino, ...

Data in the user's home folder apparently can be erased when a user logs onto a guest account, closes it, and then reopens it, according to the comment threads. The flaw appears to have the most ...

Reports of a major bug in Snow Leopard, the latest version of Mac OS X that debuted in August, are creating dismay among Mac users in Apple’s support forums, on Twitter, and elsewhere across the Web.

Late last week, 9 to 5 Mac noted that a number of users have reported a Mac OS X Snow Leopard bug apparently related to Guest accounts that is resulting in a complete loss of user data. The problem ...

No major system upgrade is without bugs, but it’s surprising to find breakage in deep mechanisms that are crucial to the workings of the system as a whole and have operated perfectly well for many ...

Apple on Monday released a software update for the Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system. The free update addresses some major issues, including a bug that erased large amounts of a user's data. A ...