Deleted my admin acct after installing Maverick

Cory Cooper

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Hello and welcome.

A few questions:

-Did you create another admin account?
-Did you have it totally delete the account including the user folder, or did you retain the user folder?
-Do you have a Time Machine or other backup?

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Hello and welcome.

A few questions:

-Did you create another admin account?
-Did you have it totally delete the account including the user folder, or did you retain the user folder?
-Do you have a Time Machine or other backup?

C
yes i created another user acct
yes i totally deleted the acct including the user folder and no i have not used time machine... i know ... brilliant..

yes i created another user acct
yes i totally deleted the acct including the user folder and no i have not used time machine... i know ... brilliant..
 
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Unfortunately, if you deleted that user account and have no backup, you're out of luck. You might be able to recover some of the data using a deep run of a disk recovery app, but if you have been using the computer and adding/changing files since you deleted that account, some/all of that data has been overwritten anyway.

On a side note, your name sounds very familiar to me...do we know each other from somewhere else?

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Unfortunately, if you deleted that user account and have no backup, you're out of luck. You might be able to recover some of the data using a deep run of a disk recovery app, but if you have been using the computer and adding/changing files since you deleted that account, some/all of that data has been overwritten anyway.

On a side note, your name sounds very familiar to me...do we know each other from somewhere else?

C
I ran a program last night (b4 i knew i had to subscribe to finalize the results) and i saw all of my iTunes files on the hard drive while the program was running the scan so i know its still there but have no idea how to get it out!!!

and yes your name sounds familiar as well i live in florida and have worked numerous sales positions all over so you never know..
 

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-What software were you using?
-Is it mainly iTunes files you are looking to recover? You can re-download all purchases from the iTunes Store for free.

I lived in Sarasota for about 5 years in the late '80s/early '90s. Maybe we do know each other - we can explore that via private messaging if you want. ;)

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-What software were you using?
-Is it mainly iTunes files you are looking to recover? You can re-download all purchases from the iTunes Store for free.

I lived in Sarasota for about 5 years in the late '80s/early '90s. Maybe we do know each other - we can explore that via private messaging if you want. ;)

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they were not purchases just my library so its all good i will just re download all my music since it doesn't cost me anything anyway..Yea i was in cali around that time but anyway thx for all the info I'm going to get to work. have a great day!!
 

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