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Sep 23, 2015 4:37 PM in response to k8rpillarby Barry Hemphill,Restore OS X from your recovery disk. That should return the operating system to a "normal state."
Sermon: If it is NOT BROKEN, do not fix it.
Barry
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Sep 23, 2015 4:40 PM in response to Barry Hemphillby k8rpillar,How do I do this?!!!
SOrry for panicking
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Sep 23, 2015 4:44 PM in response to Barry Hemphillby k8rpillar,IT keeps saying "OS X needs to repair your Library to run applications" and I keep typing my password but nothing seems to be happening!!
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Sep 23, 2015 4:54 PM in response to k8rpillarby k8rpillar,I also did not have Time Machine on and I am on yosemite
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Sep 23, 2015 4:55 PM in response to k8rpillarby Barry Hemphill,Let's take it a step at a time.
Are you able to log into your system? From your post, I cannot tell where you are.
Try this:
Start from OS X Recovery
You can also start your Mac from OS X Recovery or Internet Recovery if your Mac was manufactured after 2011.
To start your Mac from the Recovery System, use these steps:
- Start up or restart your computer.
- Hold down the Command and R keys on your keyboard until you see the Apple logo appear onscreen.
Barry
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Sep 23, 2015 5:05 PM in response to Barry Hemphillby k8rpillar,Yes I am able to log in !
And do I have to be logged in to do this OS Recovery? Because I'm on my homepage and pressing the keys aren't working???
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Sep 23, 2015 5:11 PM in response to k8rpillarby Barry Hemphill,Ffollow the instructions I posted.
Barry
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Sep 24, 2015 2:57 AM in response to Barry Hemphillby k8rpillar,nothing is working with that!! nothing appears when i do that command and r key thing and now my keyboard isnt working!
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Sep 24, 2015 4:38 AM in response to Barry Hemphillby k8rpillar,OK I did everything that you said and followed the recovery process but I did not have time machine? I tried repairing permission on disk utility but still nothing works :/ It still says I do not have permission to see my own documents!
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Sep 24, 2015 5:42 AM in response to k8rpillarby Barry Hemphill,Unfortunately, since I have no idea what you caused by messing around with system options, it is very difficult to figure out how to fix the problems.
Read this article and attempt to recover OS X from the Internet (not the recovery using Time Machine). If that does not work, I think you should take it in to an Apple store (genius bar) to have the system fixed:
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
Another sermon: ALWAYS have a good backup.
Barry
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Sep 24, 2015 7:21 AM in response to k8rpillarby Grant Bennet-Alder,Mac OS X is a Multi-User system. It does not do anything different when you only create ONE User. Because it is a Multi-User System, Files of the System and Files of the User are stored in completely different places, and protected from unauthorized access by other Users.
When you clobber your User_name by changing User&Groups, the files can become inaccessible to you at this moment, but they are generally NOT lost.
Your User files are stored in the directory /Users, with a folder for each user_short_name.
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Sep 24, 2015 9:13 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alderby k8rpillar,so do you think i can access my files etc with my old username thing? literally all i did was change the full name from kate to Kate (Surname)? if so, how do i do that??
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Sep 24, 2015 9:57 AM in response to k8rpillarby Grant Bennet-Alder,Your first problem is that you need to get logged in to your Mac as an Admin. That may take several steps.
Once you are logged in as an admin, you can PROBABLY change things around to get your old account files re-connected to a short User_name.
this article describes how to change things:
Change the account name and home directory name on your Mac - Apple Support
but First, can you log in as an Admin?
can you log in at all?
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Sep 24, 2015 1:46 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alderby k8rpillar,I can log in! And I only have one account which is an afmin which is what my account is!
I'll read that and get that back to you ! thank u for ur help and patience