I accidentally renamed my user account and all my files are deleted. What can i do? Please HELP

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Please help me i cannot find my files!!!

I accidentally renamed my user account and all of a sudden when I restart it, all my files are gone, its like new bought laptop.

I tried researching on how to fix it, and i can't find the deleted user account in the users folder in finder.

PLEASE HELP. ANY BRILLIANT WAY TO RECOVER MY FILES????

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on May 31, 2016 9:50 AM

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Did you try changing the name back

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Answer 2

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Hello. I tried renaming it, but when i restart it my files are still gone...

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fivay11 wrote:

Please help me i cannot find my files!!!

I accidentally renamed my user account ...

That isn't something which is done accidentally.

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PLEASE HELP. ANY BRILLIANT WAY TO RECOVER MY FILES????

Recover the user from your Time Machine backup.

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