Recent content by Bill Davies

Thanks for your help everyone! Even with Snow Leopard on the way to do a clean install (if it'd been necessary) I decided to try changing the Home folder in root. I'm not sure why the Home folder Name didn't change when the former owner of this iMac made me a User (My Name) but it didn't. All...

Greetings, sgould... Gosh, I really don't know. But seems maybe I have read that somewhere.

Thanks jbarley, Have purchased Snow Leopard. Might you suggest a forum which would welcome a novice OSX BSD/Unix grasshopper? There are times when it is absurd to buy a new car when all you need is a fan belt! ………………bill

Exactly, djackmac…. I don't understand the problem…. which is the reason I'm here. And hoped someone might have insight into it, experience with same and perhaps a solution to offer. The simple solution of course is usually always to reinstall the system… and while I do still have the G5...

Thanks satcomer, I did read the document. But I don't believe changing the name of the Home folder will solve the problem… because it (Home/apple) does not show up in Sys Prefs> Accounts as a User. QUESTION: It should, shouldn't it? Before I go messing around in root I'd like to understand...

Thanks, leo and djack... Surely there must be a way to get System Accounts to see "apple" when opening System Preferences> System: Accounts. Might there be a way by using Terminal? If so could someone walk me through the commands? Computer is running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (don't have...

Hello.. Nubie here. I've looked all throughout the forum for an answer but haven't found a solution (or problem) quite like I'm having. The former owner of my new-to-me intel iMac created me (Bill Davies) an account as a User and I'm an Administrator. When I open Sys Prefs there's my Name and...