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shoto50 Author

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Cannot login to mac after changing username and folder name

I have new Macbook pro with M1 chip(Big Sur). I created two users from my old macbook pro. Then I wanted to name and name2, but I wanted to change their names and recalled name -> name-old and name2 to name and also changed folder name of "name2" to "name". But I have not done this for first user. And when I saved this settings, my mac crashed. Now when I start it there is two users "name" and "name-old", and after entering password it doesn't show any error but just loading indefinitely. I am practically locked out of my laptop. I think there are now two user folders with the same name and may be this is the problem.

Do you have any ideas what can I do?

Thank you!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Apr 6, 2021 7:09 AM

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MrHoffman

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Posted on Apr 6, 2021 7:30 AM

Well, I’d first try restoring the Mac from a backup prior to this adventure, to get back to a working configuration.

Otherwise, you’re going to have to untangle this manually and from another environment, and that can be more involved to determine and to explain.

Here’s how to change the shortname, per Apple:

Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder - Apple Support

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