Onyx killed my docs

hmmm are you sure it was onyx? because i run onyx monthly and i have tons of documents and various other files on my dekstop and i have never experienced a loss of data

all i can say is im sorry and hope next time you are able to back up
but i have never had a bad experience with onyx of cocktail or any maintenance app

 

Isn't Onxy a pokémon? Yeah, the evolved form of Geodude.

 

I've run it once and no problems. Not good. Were you able to recover them?

 

Onyx did not destroy your files. I might recommend that you repair permissions in Disk Utilities. If you can boot from another disk, run Disk First Aid, as well. If you can't do that, boot into single-user mode and run fsck -f. FWIW, the way you write, it is not surprising that you are confused.