HT201065: What to do before selling or giving away your Mac
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Jun 7, 2015 12:38 PM in response to redlynnby dominic23,How to find the forgotten username?
How to find the username using Recovery HD?
Start the computer,then press and hold down command and R keys to start into recovery partition.
When you see the Apple logo, release the keys.
Wait until OS X Utilities window shows up.
Move the mouse to the menubar at the top and click "Utilities", then select "Terminal"
from the drop down.
Terminal window will appear.
Type in resetpassword and press enter on the keyboard.
Leave the Terminal window open.
Reset Password Utility window will open with Macintosh HD selected.
Select the user account from the popup menu box under “Select user account”.
Note down the user account name.
Close the windows.
Click in the menubar and select Restart.
Log in.