OS X Yosemite :: When Log Onto Macbook / User Account Isn't Showing Up
Dec 1, 2014
There was one time where my wi-fi wasn't connecting so I tried to turn it back on. A window popped up but I had alrdy clicked enter before I read it, but it said something like "...will change settings, is that okay...?" And then wi-fi still would not connect. So I tried restarting my computer, but when it turned on, my user account did not show up and all there was on the screen was two boxes that asked for name and password. I was the only person using my macbook so I never set up a password for it.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display
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May 8, 2012
Couldn't log in to iMac after there was a power outage. Well, sure enough when I inserted the factory startup disk and tried to change the password on the user account the only accounts that were available were the root and guest accounts.
I ran disk repair twice. The first time I got a message that the repair couldn't be completed. I tried again and it was successful. The odd thing is that the user account folder "m1301" seems to be there but it's not recognized as a viable user.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.10)
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Jun 3, 2014
I was working on a iMac running Snow Leopard, trying to change the home folder of the previous owner, call her Kathy, to the new owner, Barb, because Barb needs access to all of Kathy's folders, email, etc.Â
Right now all I have in Users is Admin. Barb's account is appearing in Groups, not Users. And I'm not sure if all of Kathy's data is in Barb's account.Â
How do I get Barb's account back into Users?Â
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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Nov 30, 2014
I am running OS X Yosemite 10.10.1. I have two drives on my MacBook Pro 17-inch, mid 2010. One is 500 GB and one is 80 GB. The system was installed on the 80GB drive and my home folder was on the 500GB drive. Having the "Home" folder on a separate partition was causing all kinds of permission problems. So, I did a clean install of Yosemite and want to put everything on the 500GB drive. Â
When I go to restore from Time Machine, it tells me it can't restore the "Home" account because it is on a separate drive. Then, of course, I can't login to that account on the restored system – I get an error "can't log in to that account due to an error." Â
How do I restore and associate the backed up "Home" folder to the new "Home" account on the restored drive? The names of the users are exactly the same on the backup as on the "Home" account on the restored drive.Â
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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May 24, 2012
I bought this new MacBook Pro a month ago. When I try logging into my guest account, it froze. I had no other alternative but to get out of it by pressing the power button. Then I tried open a new user account to see if it also has the same problem. Unfortunately it did have the same problem - froze after I logged in. I had done a harddisk check, there seemed to be no problem.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Dec 4, 2014
My email messages for one Google account no longer show up in my OS X Mail client.Case info:This may have occurred after I enabled the 'All Mail' to Apple Mail for the account, then removed it once I saw it was adding every single message I deleted since the beginning of time. Still, that doesn't explain the following...My email messages for another Google account does show up in my OS X Mail client. They have exactly the same IMAP settings other than username and password.My email messages for the account that doesn't work, shows up fine on my iPhone/iOS and gmail.com.None of the messages in the inbox or folders/labels show up. The count is zero. However they all show up fine in folders in iOS and on gmail.com.There is an indicator for one new message in the inbox, but none show.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), Mid-2010
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Jun 3, 2010
I have just lost my user account that I normally use. It happened after I changed my name for my user account in the Finder. I clicked Get Info and changed the name from Helen Andersson to only Helen. and after that nothing is the same and i cant go back either that I know of. When I start the computer now everything that I had on my desktop and in my Itunes, Icalendar, addressbook, and Aperture are not there. I have found them (well at least what i had on my desktop and my itunes but not the other information), so they are still on the computer but I dont know how to get back to my normal user account.
When I check my System preferences Account I only have one account so its not like I made a new one and have two. But I can also see that the one I am using now that has nothing on it is made today.
So please if anyone can help me get my iMac to go back to the old user and all its settings the same way I would very much appreciate it. Because this user has nothing and I have to start everything from scratch even my internet settings I had to download again to be able to go on the internet. This user has nothing.
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iMac
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Mar 1, 2012
Lion was reinstal.
I'm suspecting issue with one user account. Can I creat a new user account and move all my files to that new user?
What are the impact? How about permissons on this files? What about the Library Folder?Â
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Mac OS X (10.7.3), 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
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Apr 22, 2012
Does anyone know the correct proceedure for migrating data from a corrupt user account to a new account on the same mac?Â
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Jun 25, 2012
Up till now, all the family have been using just one user account on our iMac. (OK, I now know that's not a good idea!) I'm now going to be working from home so have set up a new user as Work. I've been using an IMAP mail service in Mail on the family user account and I've now set it up on the work account. If I delete the IMAP account from Mail in the family user account, will this delete my mail off the IMAP server so I cannot access it on the wrok user account?
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Apr 27, 2012
I was having trouble with Powerpoint, and an article indicated I might have a corrupt user account. I followed the instructions, creating a new user account, and the problem was solved. The article suggested that in this case I needed to have Mac Support troubleshoot my user account. How do I do that?
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MacBook
Pro
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Jan 12, 2011
I am upgrading my MBP and want to use Migration Assistant. The question I have is. I have been negligent and using my current MBP logged on as Admin. I want to create a user profile separate from Admin on my new MBP. Will I be able to migrate all my apps and settings from my old MBP Admin account to the new MBP user profile without issue?
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Jan 20, 2010
I can't remember what the password was because I stopped using that laptop for a while.And now I can't update my computer or do anything and it's really slow.
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Jul 29, 2010
I am looking to sell my old 2006 Macbook Pro. Currently it is being used as my wife's iPhone itunes platform/backup. Is there an easy way to transfer this info to a new user account on my new Macbook pro?
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Feb 5, 2012
I forgot My MacBook pro user password.
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MacBook Pro
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Mar 9, 2012
I have this photo for my user display picture, and i've got it cropped because I only want part of it as my display picture.I have to keep resetting it all the time, and its beginning to annoy me a lot.I think its everytime I turn my computer off by holding the power button for 5 seconds (I think) for when my computer freezes or something.Please tell me how to stop this happening & why its happening.If you need the info about it then here it is:Processor 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 DuoMemory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MBSoftware Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 (11C74)13-inch, Mid 2009
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Mar 15, 2012
Two days ago I updated my Macbook Pro to the latest version using the "Software Update" utility. It restarted and I just shut it down.Yesterday I attempted to log to my account and I realized that it's not possible. No matter the account I try it:Â
1. Asks for a password (Enter password correctly).
2. A gray screen appears for one or two seconds as if it's loading the session.
3. It comes back to the accounts screen.Â
After many tries then I entered to the Recovery utilities ( Command + R on boot). I analized the disk and it's fine, no errors on it. So I decided to reinstall OS X When I try to re-install it starts to download some components and after few minutes of download it states that it cannot download these components. I thought it was a problem with my wireless network so I plugged an ethernet cable to the mac but the same error still happens after one minute or two.
Note: I checked my network with other devices and it's working fine.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 2, 2012
I migrated my old MacBook to my new MacBook Pro without changing the user accounts so now I have a user account on the MBP that I only used for a few days. I'm trying to determine whether or not I need to keep that new user account. I didnt put anything on it of substance (set a few bookmarks in Safari and downloaded a couple of free apps). I've read a few things online about issues people have after trying to delete user accounts.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011)
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Apr 12, 2012
What do I do if I have a corrupt user account?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 16, 2012
I have two users on my laptop, ones my brothers and ones mine. I did my project on my brothers but I need to transfer it to my user. I don't have a USB and I can't email it.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 22, 2012
I've already deleted the user and clicked "Delete Immediately" to remove the user account and all the user's files, but a lot of their files and applications still show up in my Finder (and take up tons of storage space). Is there a way to permanently delete all of the old stuff?
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 2, 2012
How do you add a Microsoft Office for Mac to a new user account?
Info:Microsoft Office for Mac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jun 16, 2012
I botched up my deletion of a user account and now i have a 100gig in files attaching to a user that i cant see... how do i clear this data out?Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 27, 2012
Its the same account as was on my PC, and I remember the password for the account. But I have entered that and still cannot log in. This is a brand new computer.
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MacBook Pro
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Jun 29, 2014
I have a new Macbook pro with OS X 10.9.2. Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, Memory 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3.
In the process of importing all my settings, applications, documents etc. and then updated documents, I ended up with 2 user accounts.Â
I've set the 2nd of these to be deleted. The Users & Groups window which says it's "Deleting Account...", and won't allow me to close System Preferences because it "is busy and can't be closed. Users & Groups is removing a user account and Home directory" It's been like this for about 3 hours. There's no indicator showing whether it's progressing or stuck.Â
After doing this, I tried deleting an extraneous user on my 'old' Macbook and it deleted it in a few minutes (though in this case there was no question about removing its Home directory).
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Feb 1, 2012
Today when I turned on my iMac, it went to the login screen and then something odd happened. I saw a second account on the login list that i never made. It is called "Other: and has an icon with lines and spheres (like a networking icon). Also when I click on it, it asks for a name and password.I logged into account and went straight to System Preferences ->Accounts and there is no "Other" in the list of accounts there on the left.just my account. Is this a virus or have I been hacked? Or is this is bug?
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iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier
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Apr 4, 2012
how do i delete a user account on the new lion software?
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Apr 16, 2012
when i start or re-start my computer a user account is now showing up and didn't before. I would like to know if anyone knows where to go in the settings to turn this off? I have tried everything I could find.Â
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May 18, 2012
I just migrated my old MacBook running Snow Leopard to my new MacBook running Lion. After successfully migrating, I am presented with a login for "Guest" only. That is the only account available to me for some reason. When I try to enter every password I can think of, I am given the password hint "guest". Entering that does not work. I've tried the usual Apple public passwords too. What is going on here? What happened to my migrated user account? I went through the entire setup configuration of Lion and even entered and submitted my personal data to Apple for registration. I just say, not impressed with Lion so far ...
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May 26, 2012
I wish to use all my transferred pc files, documents etc in my main user account on the mac without switching users. Is this possible?
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MacBookPro
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