Upgraded to new OSX lion, everything's gone

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Ofir866 Author

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Upgraded to new OSX lion, everything's gone

Hello guys,

I recently installed the new osx update (the one that cost 19.99$), and since then I use it.

But I have two users on this computer, mine & my mom's.

when my mom logged in, her desktop has been fully reset, no music, no photos, no NOTHING.

What the **** is going on? & Iv'e checked the HD, the photos are still there, songs still there.. but everything is resetted, and if I wanna see pictures in FINDER, I can't. it won't show. it only shows.. nothing. only if I enter from Users -> my mom's username it shows. but the DEFAULT - it's like a NEW IMAC.

What's up with that? how can I get it back?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 11, 2012 9:24 AM

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macjack

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Nov 11, 2012 9:33 AM in response to Ofir866

When you look under /Users was a new account created?

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Ofir866 Author

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Nov 11, 2012 10:33 AM in response to macjack

Yes and no. I will explain..

When the computer was firstly set-up, it had a weird pc-name, like "mshwqa" or something. so I changed it.

Now I see that there is a user of my mother and a user of that weird "mshwqa". how can I tell mac to "open" the user of my mother as usual? i think it reads from the "mshwqa" because its empty.

How can I reset this mess? O.o thx !

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macjack

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Nov 11, 2012 10:51 AM in response to Ofir866

If mshwqa is truly empty then you can delete it.

Check to see what's in it first...

In Terminal at the prompt copy & paste...

ls /Users/mshwqa

This will list the folders. Now you can ls each Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures

ls Documents

For instance, this will list any items in Documents in that account.

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