I started the process by following the instructions here : Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name. I have Max OS X 10.6.7, even though my OS is not mentioned in the link, I was assured that it would still work. I have renamed my folder to, "Max." When I go to create a new account in system preferences, I do not get a popup menu, a red arrow just appears in the Account name field, and in red underneath it, it says, "Name is in use by another user." I know that it said to name it with all lowercase, but the instructions on iClarified said otherwise, and when I switched to the Apple instructions everything else seemed to be identical. I want to switch to doing it this way: YouTube - How to change your home folder on snow leopard. But I am afraid I will not be able to open my old account. If I change the folder in Mac HD>Profiles that is now called "Max" to what it used to be, can I log out of root profile like nothing happened, logged into my normal account, then disable root? Or can someone just give me instructions on what to from where I am now.