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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1615707">I'm working on that aspect. The challenge is that the files belong (system-wise) to your damaged account, not the new one you created, so if "damaged" could access them then "damaged" could move them to "new" account, but I don't know if there is a way for "new" to get to them to copy them. I've invited Craig (cradom) to join us here. He's a wizard at terminal commands. I'm thinking we may need to drop into terminal to make this work. Tell me, can you invoke terminal from the damaged account before beachballs appear?PS: How FULL is the HD? That may also be part of the problem. OS X wants space, generally 20% of the drive, to operate well. Below that, beachballs...</blockquote>