You might have to change that account password using the recovery partition then. I had this recently happen on a Mac I migrated settings from a time machine backup. I had to change her password through the resetpassword option in the recovery partition.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Jeff Berwick <[email protected]> wrote: > I have managed to find the list of users now and reset the password. > Strangely enough, the password still does not work. It is the stingiest > thing…I reset the password, try to log in as that user and I absolutely > cannot. Anybody experienced this before? > > Thx, > Jeff > > On 2012-08-19, at 4:49 PM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What comes to mind is did you unlock the system preferences for the users >> and groups. You will probably need to do this to view the other accounts. >> >> As for the mailboxes, there is an import mailbox item in the file menu of >> mail. I don't know if this would work or not, though, as I have not tried >> importing from another account on the Mac. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, [email protected] >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Jeff Berwick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Last weekend, we bought my wife a new Mac Book Air. I set it all up and it >>> has been working fine. Today my task was to transfer her email from her >>> old Windows machine. I used the Migration Assistant and it seemed to work >>> fine. However, it has created a new user on the Air with a password that I >>> do not know. I presume that all her email messages have been set up >>> correctly within that profile. >>> >>> So, I went into System Panel and selected "users". Her original account >>> has administrator privileges but, I don't seem to be able to see the other >>> user to change the password. Any thoughts? >>> >>> Once I get into the other profile, I will also need to know how I might be >>> able to bring the mail into her original user account. Thoughts on that >>> are also welcome. >>> >>> Thx, >>> Jeff >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
