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<blockquote data-quote="lisahawthorne" data-source="post: 815544" data-attributes="member: 89590"><p><strong>two users, one name...how do i get in?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi</p><p></p><p>I posted with this issue a little while back and still haven't quite sorted it,although now I understand a bit more about it (thanks shfle)</p><p></p><p>I inherited a friend's macbook. There was only one (admin) user, his name, obviously. After a week or so, decided i should change the login name to my own. I did this, able to do so since i knew his password. Unknown to me, by naively literally just changing the name, i have created a new admin account in my name, with all preferences back to default and no sign of my downloaded music and other files.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to be able to get into the original account, but this doesn't seem possible - is it? It now no longer has a name and therefore no option to login.</p><p></p><p> I then thought, failing getting back into this account, i could transfer these files (which i can find under a folder in 'users') into the shared folder, retrieve them, redo all my own internet settings etc, and delete the original account but iTunes won't let my play the music files. It says they aren't compatible with this version, although it's exactly the same one i had from the start... </p><p></p><p>Can anyone sort this out? Thanks in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lisahawthorne, post: 815544, member: 89590"] [b]two users, one name...how do i get in?[/b] Hi I posted with this issue a little while back and still haven't quite sorted it,although now I understand a bit more about it (thanks shfle) I inherited a friend's macbook. There was only one (admin) user, his name, obviously. After a week or so, decided i should change the login name to my own. I did this, able to do so since i knew his password. Unknown to me, by naively literally just changing the name, i have created a new admin account in my name, with all preferences back to default and no sign of my downloaded music and other files. I'd like to be able to get into the original account, but this doesn't seem possible - is it? It now no longer has a name and therefore no option to login. I then thought, failing getting back into this account, i could transfer these files (which i can find under a folder in 'users') into the shared folder, retrieve them, redo all my own internet settings etc, and delete the original account but iTunes won't let my play the music files. It says they aren't compatible with this version, although it's exactly the same one i had from the start... Can anyone sort this out? Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
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