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My account disappeared !

Today, I was unable to log in as if my password was wrong. I tried many times, I restart my mac but the account has now just disappeared ! User uploaded file
It's my only account and I need to access to my datas.
What's the problem and how can I fix it ?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Feb 26, 2011 9:44 AM

4 replies

Feb 26, 2011 10:21 AM in response to Community User

Hi Platinium,

Welcome back to the forums. I'm sorry to hear about your trouble with your computer.

Have you tried a SafeBoot? If you boot into SafeMode the login screen should display in big red letters "safe mode." after booting into safemode restart the computer and try logging in again. Booting into safe mode tells your computer to fix a bunch of stuff; it can fix some login issues.

If you still can not login you could try resetting your account password (see Resetting the original administrator account password).

If you still can't login after resetting your account password, or when you try to reset the password your account is not listed, you could reset the account password for user 'root.' After reseting root's password, you should be able to login as user 'root'.

Being able to login as root, will give you access to the computer, so you can trouble shooting the other account. To login as root, you may need to select 'other' and then type in 'root'

Let me know if the above trouble shooting steps solves your issue or if you need more help.
-TT

oh and good luck!

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Feb 26, 2011 10:26 AM in response to TeenTitan

Thank you for your help. I've created a root account and logged in. My main account wasn't on my mac anymore so I created it again with the same name and it told me that there was already a User file with this name and asked me if I want to merge it with the account.
It worked User uploaded file
Nothing has changed, I can use my computer again but I don't know why this happened.

Have a nice day User uploaded file

My account disappeared !

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