How to manually backup and restore a user profile on MacOS?

On my 2015 MacBook Pro with High Sierra I am wiping my hard drive completely and reinstalling the original OS.


I have multiple users (an Admin user and an every day user).


I don't remember how I set these up, so I would like to save them to my external SSD. Then restore them on my laptop once the OS has been reinstalled.


I don't need the files associated with each user (I've backed all those up manually already to the SSD).

I just want each User's name and settings to be quickly re-established on my new OS installation.


How would I do that?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 15, 2020 10:36 AM

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