Q: Change the account name and home directory
Hi all,
I renamed my home directory following Apple's official tutorial. I followed the instructions attentively and double checked every step.
However, when I logged back into my (renamed) user I found it reset to default preferences (i.e. Library was erased).
Following other messages on this forum, I renamed my home directory back to its original name. It sort of worked.
My preferences reappeared... except for the sidebar of the finder (and maybe something else I haven't noticed yet).
I have two questions:
1) Since I have the same preferences (for the finder sidebar) in another computer (from which I migrated into this one), is there a library file that I can simply copy to restore the preferences?
2) Is the apple procedure unsafe (i.e. should I avoid trying to do this again?)
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
Posted on Jul 14, 2015 10:31 AM