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Replacing corrupted admin user profile
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1945022" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>That should not be practical, as the permissions on the old will block the new from access. I guess you could log in as the old, change the permissions of everything you need to allow the new access (including folders for the entire path to the things), and then copy them over, but the owner/creator of the stuff will still be the old account. A lot of risky work for little gain, IMHO.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it would help if you defined what you think a "profile" is in macOS. That's not a term I have seen used. Do you mean user "account," which is how Apple refers to it? Or is it something else?</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Oh, if you want to change the user name, here is how to do that:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-us/102547[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1945022, member: 396914"] That should not be practical, as the permissions on the old will block the new from access. I guess you could log in as the old, change the permissions of everything you need to allow the new access (including folders for the entire path to the things), and then copy them over, but the owner/creator of the stuff will still be the old account. A lot of risky work for little gain, IMHO. Maybe it would help if you defined what you think a "profile" is in macOS. That's not a term I have seen used. Do you mean user "account," which is how Apple refers to it? Or is it something else? EDIT: Oh, if you want to change the user name, here is how to do that: [URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-us/102547[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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