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Deleted Users

I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro. I am trying to clean some of the duplicate files out of my system. Many of those duplicates reside in the deleted users folder having the same user name as the one that I am using.


My question is are the files in the /SomeUser and /Deleted Users/SomeUser folder truly duplicates or do simply reference a file somewhere in the system? Will deleting the Deleted User/SomeUser cause an issues?


Thanks,

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.3

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 3:24 AM

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Posted on Apr 7, 2022 7:09 AM

That makes sense. Maybe you created an account when starting that 2015 mac for the first time, and then you migrated the one from the 2012.

In all likelihood there will be no problem deleting the unused account, but then again: backup first.

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