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Re: Help me fix my user acct on my Mac

 

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Bayswater,?

I was thinking exactly that, I created a new Admin User to get things done, and was wondering about just changing its name.?

I have skimmed through the article on renaming and I have flying monkey repellent.?

What are the things I have to copy over? What did I miss in the list below?

My Docs and Data, no problem, since it is a new install and those ae either in my iCloud or on my external RAID.
Caches were erased when I worked with Apple Support testing my User account.
Libraries and Prefs regenerate, or should when I install a current version of an app.?
Settings are no big deal, and I do not rely on KeyChain to store passwords, so I may have to re-enter some passwords when I visit some web sites.

My last version of MS Office, 2011, won¡¯t work in Catalina. I have a clone of the Mojave install, but with a corrupted User, and I can¡¯t find any where to buy a stand alone version of Office or Excel, the only part I want. I can¡¯t afford ransomeware, uh, I mean subscription model apps. I can get by with Numbers, just not as elegantly.?

Is there anything that I have not listed? I have one other question, does it make any difference if in machine language, this New Admin User is referred to as 502, and not 501? I would guess not.

Brent

On my iPhone Xr

On Feb 9, 2024, at 07:52, Bayswater <Bayswater@...> wrote:

?If the aim is to use the original account name, and you can establish a working admin account, you can set that second account up and rename it. ?I had some uninterpretable problems with my account on a 2011 iMac. ?I created a second account called Admin, copied over everything to it, renamed it, and then deleted the old account. ?

You¡¯d have to look up the process for renaming an account. ?There is more than one step and you have to do the steps in the wrong order, flying monkeys will destroy your Mini. ?I don¡¯t recall where I saw the steps but I assume it can be found with your favourite search engine. ??

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