I've been using OpenOffice for several months. Today I tried to download an update (3.2). After I downloaded it, all my documents disappeared. I can see them on my hard drive but nothing but blank pages appear when I click on them. I can't even open them with Pages now. Plus, for some reason my Time Machine (and external hard drive) won't work. I was going to get rid of the download using Time Machine. Please help. I'm afraid I downloaded a virus. Thanks.
Update: Problem solved. Although I shut down and started up again three times, I still had the problems. However, when I installed a newer version of Safari and the machine shut down for the install, my computer became normal again and all my documents were saved. I have no idea what Safari had to do with it, but I'm glad it fixed itself. I never use Safari. Perhaps shutting down to install the Safari update shut it down further than a normal shut-down? Weird.
Update: Problem solved. Although I shut down and started up again three times, I still had the problems. However, when I installed a newer version of Safari and the machine shut down for the install, my computer became normal again and all my documents were saved. I have no idea what Safari had to do with it, but I'm glad it fixed itself. I never use Safari. Perhaps shutting down to install the Safari update shut it down further than a normal shut-down? Weird.