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<blockquote data-quote="DianaNC" data-source="post: 1261010" data-attributes="member: 206647"><p>I purchased my MacbookPro used off ebay a while back. It works great, so no worries there, but I would like to view some unknown items before I delete them.</p><p></p><p>The users folder has three subfolders: diana, newuser, and shared. I would like to view the newuser files to make sure there's not anything there I need before I delete them, but I get a permission error.</p><p></p><p>I checked the accounts listing in the system prefs, and there's not a newuser listed there. So how do I access those files?</p><p></p><p>The second question is probably related to the first. I'm using Time Machine to backup my files, but the backup is called "New User’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" How do I rename the backup file or my computer or whatever it is that keeps giving the name New User?</p><p></p><p>I'm running OS 10.6.7.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DianaNC, post: 1261010, member: 206647"] I purchased my MacbookPro used off ebay a while back. It works great, so no worries there, but I would like to view some unknown items before I delete them. The users folder has three subfolders: diana, newuser, and shared. I would like to view the newuser files to make sure there's not anything there I need before I delete them, but I get a permission error. I checked the accounts listing in the system prefs, and there's not a newuser listed there. So how do I access those files? The second question is probably related to the first. I'm using Time Machine to backup my files, but the backup is called "New User’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" How do I rename the backup file or my computer or whatever it is that keeps giving the name New User? I'm running OS 10.6.7. Thanks for your help! [/QUOTE]
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