I need help with tiger.

Ryant34231 · Ryant34231 #1 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 04:24 PM

im not sure what happend. All my movies,music,photos,itunes setting etc are not active. I see them but i guess it is not defaulted to use them. anybody know what i am talking about ?

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #2 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 04:27 PM

Welcome to Mac-Forums, Ryant34231.

Did you manually rename your home folder? Sounds like you did... It's a nono.

If you did, here's the correct way to do it, Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name.

Ryant34231 · Ryant34231 #3 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 04:38 PM

ok i tried that. I noticed it said there are other ways of doing this. Do you know a simpler way ?

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #4 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 04:40 PM

Might be but, since this comes directly from Apple, this is the safest way to get back to your stuff without it being unusable.

I've read somewhere in here that if you manually rename the home folder to what it was, you sometimes regain access to your files.

Ryant34231 · Ryant34231 #5 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 04:41 PM

you think you can do it for me via remote desktop ?

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #6 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 04:42 PM

No I think you need to do it yourself.

Ryant34231 · Ryant34231 #7 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 04:48 PM

ok, i will give it a shot. Im not to good with this stuff.......

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #8 (**permalink**)

01-05-2008, 04:49 PM

Those are easy to follow steps. You'll do fine.

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Ryant34231 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 12	01-05-2008, 04:24 PM im not sure what happend. All my movies,music,photos,itunes setting etc are not active. I see them but i guess it is not defaulted to use them. anybody know what i am talking about ?
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MacHeadCase #2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	01-05-2008, 04:27 PM Welcome to Mac-Forums, Ryant34231. Did you manually rename your home folder? Sounds like you did... It's a nono. If you did, here's the correct way to do it, Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name.
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MacHeadCase #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	01-05-2008, 04:40 PM Might be but, since this comes directly from Apple, this is the safest way to get back to your stuff without it being unusable. I've read somewhere in here that if you manually rename the home folder to what it was, you sometimes regain access to your files.
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Ryant34231 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 12	01-05-2008, 04:41 PM you think you can do it for me via remote desktop ?
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MacHeadCase #6 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	01-05-2008, 04:42 PM No I think you need to do it yourself.
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Ryant34231 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 12	01-05-2008, 04:48 PM ok, i will give it a shot. Im not to good with this stuff.......
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MacHeadCase #8 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	01-05-2008, 04:49 PM Those are easy to follow steps. You'll do fine.
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