Can anyone help me? I am an Imac moron

[Pete7784]

Ok here is my problem. This morning I changed my login username. In order to do that it asked that I change my password so I did that. I then logged out. After I logged in with the new password everything from my old login name was wiped out. No emails, no nothing. All my songs on itunes are gone, all my bookmarks etc... I figured I created another account. I searched for my original account but cant find anything.

Does anyone know what in the world I did and how to get back to my original login administration account?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[wfoster]

Hi,

Sorry to hear it. Go to your System Preferences then go to User Accounts. Check if your account is still there.

 

[iBookG4user]

I have a feeling that you may have renamed your home folder, check this out to see if you can recover it. Hope it helps.

 

[Pete7784]

I found an alias library in the network section. It gives me three options. It says the alias library could not be opened because the original item cannot be found.

The 3 options are delete alias, fix alias or ok.

I'm lost. LOL

 

[swiftaw]

Click on your Hard Drive icon, open the Users folder.

Inside the Users folder you should see a folder for each user account. See if your songs and stuff are still inside one of those folders.

 

[Pete7784]

In my users folder I have a deleted folder which has nothing in it a shared folder and a house with my original username but when I click on the house it is not my original file.

 

[jmpage2]

I found an alias library in the network section. It gives me three options. It says the alias library could not be opened because the original item cannot be found.

The 3 options are delete alias, fix alias or ok.

I'm lost. LOL

Three words;

Time

Machine

Restore

 

[iLog.Genius]

I had a similar problem with a customer. OP, go to spotlight and see if you locate a file from your old account - there's a good chance that you will see it and be able to open it.

 

[Pete7784]

No I did not see any old files whatsoever in spotlight.