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Imac will not recognise my username

For no reason I can think of my iMac will suddenly fail to respond to the username Ihave been using for over a year. I left on so as not to lose connection but it had shut down next time I went bro use it

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Nov 19, 2024 11:01 AM

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Posted on Nov 20, 2024 3:08 AM

Boot into Restore mode,CMD+r keys...


Look at top of screen for Utilities menu...

In Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.


Run Disk First Aid on all items in the left panel, from top down.

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Imac will not recognise my username

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