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Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder GONE WRONG

what do I do if this didn't work and the Mac can't find the files on my renamed home folder please help I am so tired, frustrated, and sad. I already lost 3 years of work trying to switch over to Mac I feel stupid and incompetent I need help because I keep messing up my computers and it costs me so much of my mental health. Please Help me

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Aug 12, 2022 11:19 PM

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Posted on Aug 12, 2022 11:28 PM

Hi NikoMZ!


Don't worry about it, when I see this, usually the data is still in tact.

Did you follow this article to do this?:


Change the name of your macOS user account and home folderOfficial Apple Support › en-us


If you didn't exactly, that's still okay, but just a few questions:

Do you keep a Time Machine backup? Or have sufficient data in iCloud??

What do you see in these two locations?:


System Preferences > Users and Groups.

Finder > Go > Macintosh HD > Users.


And also, what to you see after right clicking on each user in Users and Groups > Advanced Options? (You may need to first click the lock on the bottom to make changes).


Screen shots, or a description may help to figure it out, happy to help out.

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Aug 12, 2022 11:28 PM in response to NikoMZ

Hi NikoMZ!


Don't worry about it, when I see this, usually the data is still in tact.

Did you follow this article to do this?:


Change the name of your macOS user account and home folderOfficial Apple Support › en-us


If you didn't exactly, that's still okay, but just a few questions:

Do you keep a Time Machine backup? Or have sufficient data in iCloud??

What do you see in these two locations?:


System Preferences > Users and Groups.

Finder > Go > Macintosh HD > Users.


And also, what to you see after right clicking on each user in Users and Groups > Advanced Options? (You may need to first click the lock on the bottom to make changes).


Screen shots, or a description may help to figure it out, happy to help out.

Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder GONE WRONG

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