Personally I always wipe the disk and install the OS version of my choice.
In this case I would create a new user. If you want, you can move the contents of the original user folder to the new user’s Dropbox folder to have access. Clark Martin KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. > On Jul 16, 2020, at 9:34 PM, Stanton Mitrany <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Friends, > > I truly hope all you Mac Buddies are doing well and holding it together in > all the necessary ways. > > I’ve finally unpacked a late-2009 27” iMac I purchased from one of the Greats > of our list in early 2016, and found it to be working perfectly. > > Now that I’m examining it more closely, I see it has a problem which I’m sure > wasn’t noticed by the person who kindly set it up for me, and for which > there’s probably a ready solution. I just don’t know it. > > It’s an iMac 10,1 Late-2009 27” 3.33MHz Core 2 Duo Special Order unit, > running a new installation by the seller of OS X High Sierra 10.13.6. > > The Finder window arrangement is missing things, scrambled, simply out of > what I perceive to be a normal interface with this computer which I would > expect. For example, I cannot find its internal startup hard drive. Nor the > Pictures folder, the Documents Folder, Music Folder, Movies, Desktop, > Downloads, my administrator account icon, etc. When I do find one or another > of them, they appear to be buried in irregular places. > > I imagine the seller never noticed this when clearing it and setting it up > for me. > > Do you know of any (hopefully simple) way to re-establish Apple’s default > Finder window arrangement and normal, orderly contents? > > Thanks so much, > Stanton Mitrany > Long Beach, NY 11561 > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the LEM Swap group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email *from your subscribed address* to > [email protected] > LEM-Swap is not a discussion list; it is for buying & selling Mac stuff. > Reply directly to the person who posted, never to the list. > Software piracy is illegal and not allowed on LEM Swap. Except for freeware > and software originally provided with computers, no software is to be left on > hard drives unless the original installer (not a burned copy) is included, > along with any required registration number, password, etc. > Shipments valued at US$100 or more should be insured, and shipments valued at > US$25 or more should be shipped so they can be tracked. > See the list FAQ http://lowendmac.com/2014/lem-swap/ > for guidelines on postings, feedback, and dispute resolution. Seller feedback > at http://groups.google.com/group/swap-feedback > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "LEM Swap" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lemswap/66E985D7-AC1D-4B48-92FC-AF73F1F9F777%40gmail.com. > -- You received this message because you are a member of the LEM Swap group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email *from your subscribed address* to [email protected] LEM-Swap is not a discussion list; it is for buying & selling Mac stuff. Reply directly to the person who posted, never to the list. Software piracy is illegal and not allowed on LEM Swap. Except for freeware and software originally provided with computers, no software is to be left on hard drives unless the original installer (not a burned copy) is included, along with any required registration number, password, etc. Shipments valued at US$100 or more should be insured, and shipments valued at US$25 or more should be shipped so they can be tracked. See the list FAQ http://lowendmac.com/2014/lem-swap/ for guidelines on postings, feedback, and dispute resolution. Seller feedback at http://groups.google.com/group/swap-feedback --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "LEM Swap" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lemswap/FCE988DC-B5D8-411E-BFB3-9CA1D065CEE8%40sonic.net.
