Why do i have two user accounts?

I recently bought a MacBook Pro and I have two user accounts. The one that I created when I started computer the first time and one that was created when I did the migration assistant the following day. How do I merge the two? FYI...This is my first Mac.

You can't 'merge' two accounts. You can pick one as your main account, with administrator privileges, and copy over any files from the account that you want to delete to your Shared folder. From the Shared folder place the files into the permanent account before deleting the other.
Hope this makes sense.
Clinton

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From System Preferences/Help:
Reset your login password using your Apple ID
Before you can use your Apple ID to reset your login password, make sure that FileVault isn’t enabled on your computer.
Also make sure that an Apple ID is associated with your user account, and that an administrator has given you permission to reset your own password using an Apple ID. For more information, see this help topic:
Associate Apple IDs with your user account
Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet.
In the login window, click the question mark in the password field, and then click the arrow in the dialog that appears.
Enter an Apple ID and password, and then click Reset Password.
I don't know if it works.

With Lion I had 2 user accounts. Why do I have three user accounts after upgrading to Mountain Lion?

I had consistenlty had a master admin user account for myself under Lion, plus the "Guest" account recommended and created by Lion. After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I now have the same 2 accounts, plus a new one called "Other." Why do I have that? Why was it created? How do I get rid of it if it is not needed?

I meant to include this info from the System Profile:
Maybe easier to read:
Canon MF4400 Series:
Status:          Idle
Print Server:          Local
Driver Version:          1.1.0
Default:          Yes
Shared:          Yes
URI:          usb://Canon/MF4400%20Series?serial=0122F5200302
PPD:          Canon MF4400 Series
PPD File Version:          1.1.0
PostScript Version:          (3010.000) 550
(3010.000) 651
CUPS Version:          1.6svn (cups-327)
Scanning support:          Yes
Scanning app (bundleID path):          -
Scanning app version:          -
Scanner UUID:          00000000-3031-3232-4635-323030333032
Printer Commands:          none
CUPS filters:
capdftopdl:
Path:          /Library/Printers/Canon/CUPS_MF_Printer/Bins/capdftopdl
Permissions:          rwxr-xr-x
Fax support:          No
PDEs:
BasicSettingsPDE.plugin:
Sandbox compliant:          Yes

Before I transfer files from my PC to the new imac should I load office for Mac and parallees? Will this mean I have to open the new account on my imac first and thus have two user accounts when I transfer the PC? I would prefer to only have one account.

IIt was in my mind to load office then transfer. After to load paralels and transfer my windows system. I have a new copy of office for Mac plus paralels PC to Mac transfer version 8. As this is my first mac (I have ipads and iphones) I am unsure of what to do. Also to confuse matters I use a windows laptop as my sync machine for the phones and ipads (i do have a cloud account with backup) can I transfer both machines to my new imac? I will have a 1tb fusion drive + 2tb time capsule although I only have less than 400GB of data on both machines. Hope this is not too confusing for everyone but I am looking forward to sorting this mess out by just using the one machine.

Use the Office for Mac and ignore using Parallels for that. If you have PC only apps you have to run that are MS Windows only then consider Parallels. Just transfer your main PC, using Migration Assistant. If you don't know how then simply read over Pondini's article called Lion or Mountain Lion Setup Assistant tips and look for the section on migrating from a PC. Millions have done what you are about to, it's far from leading edge these days, if you go to an Apple Store to purchase they will offer this as a service, something you might be interested in.

I have two user accounts with the same name, but cannot access the old one anymore - all my purchases are on that account! How do I merge the accounts, or recover that particular one?

I recently encountered a problem with both my account, for some reason it wouldn't accept my new password. And this was about the fith time I'd had to change it! I even wrote it down to ensure I wasn't mistyping it. But for some reaon it wasn't letting me log in form my phone or from my ipad. So I tried to reset it once again. However when I visited the website and searched for my username, it came back saying my 'account name doesn't exist!' I tried again and again but nothing. I thought maybe it would fix itself if I created a new account with the same details, so I did. But now none of my past purchases or my wishlist are showing up - and all my details are exactly the same! I've tried logging in using the old passwrd for my 'other' account but it's not working. And I tried searching for it again to reset the passwrod but it only resets this NEW account.
I tried sending a request for help, but I need someone with more authority to talk to.
Please help!

Antaeus00 wrote:
I tried sending a request for help,
But did you succeeed in sending a request for help?
Did you receive a response? How long has it been since you sent a request?
but I need someone with more authority to talk to.
There is no one with more authority than iTunes store support. We herem are only users.

Given two user accounts on one iMac, how can I notify myself that I have email waiting on the other account?

I have two user accounts on the same machine to monitor (different security levels). I'm in on the main account most of the time but I need to know when the other has unread emails (Yes, different email accounts and they can't see each other). I tried setting up a rule that would send a note to me (to my other email account) when a message arrives but (a) I can't get the rule to execute when the email arrives, and (b) I can't send a non-secure note (eg., "New Mail Waiting") - all I can do is forward the email. Is there any way I can do this without learning AppleScript and writing it myself? (Both user accounts using the same iCloud account)
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Don

The "Rule" probably won't work when that user isn't signed in and/or being used. My suggestion is to sign into that email's account on the web service. Example if you have an icloud.com email account, go to icloud.com and go to the little gear in the lower left. Set the rule there. Rules set there should work all the time, since it's "on" all the time. Where as if the rule was set on the Mac Mail app, it has to be opened and what not.
KOT

How can I use Microsoft Office on two user accounts on one IMAc?

Dear all,
I have installed Microsoft Office 2011 on my IMac which I have recently bought. I did this on the (at that time) only user account in place: the administrator account.
A little time after this my wife and I decided it would be much easier to us to make an additional user account on the same computer for my wife (also with administrator rights), so we could have our own settings, desktop preferences etc. So now we have two user accounts/profiles on one Imac, so far so good.
But when my wife signs in on her account, she is not able to use Microsoft Office . Office seems to be only available to the user account on which it has been installed initially: 'my' account.
Can anyone help us out here and tell us how we can make Office available to my wife's user account as well? I understand that the licence of Office is restricted to one computer, but what about two accounts on the same IMac? I mean, it is still one computer, one 'home', one family etc.
We would appreciate your help here!
Kind regards,
Jurjen

As long as you installed MS Office into its default location (the top level /Applications folder) it will be available to all user accounts on the Mac.
As far as licensing is concerned you only have to enter the license code once, which you should do right after installing MS Office, in the same admin account you installed it from, by opening any one of the MS Office applications. There is no additional licensing required for additional user accounts on the same Mac.
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Two user accounts after Migration from old Mac

Yesterday I bought a new iMac with OSX Lion. I used the Setup assistant to move my data from my old iMac (Leopard) using Firewire target disk mode.
When that was finished, I was suprised not to see any of my old stuff on my new Mac, so I started copying some stuff manually. It was only later that my penny dropped (Lion noobie here) and I realised I now have two user accounts: my new "Lion" account, and another one which - tada - does contain all my old stuff. Both appear to be admin accounts.
Since I already manually copied all the stuff I wanted to keep to my new account, can I safely delete the old account? How do I do this, and what happens with the old stuff? I read something about the home folder of the deleted user being moved somewhere. Where would that be?
Thanks!

It is easy to delete an account but you wisely used the word "safely". When I migrated to Lion I did an "in place" upgrade and no new adminstrative accounts were created.   Lion will create a guest acount but that can be easily disabled in the Users and Groups preference pane. Did you do an in place or a clean install of Lion?
First, before you delete anything be absolutely sure that the account you want to keep has everything you need. I suggest you work with it a least a week before making that judgement. There is no hurry if you have the space to keep two accounts. I have a spare adminstrative account just in case I need it for troubleshooting. Be sure you backed up your boot drive with a versioned (like Time Machine) and a cloned backup to an external drive.
Go to System Preferences and choose the Users and Groups preference pane. There you will find your accounts and their designations (i.e. adminstrator, guest, standard).   If you are completely satisfied that the admin account you backed up is all you need then you can click on the lock at the bottom left of that pane, enter your adminstrative password, choose the account you want to delete and click the minus button. Once you have done this, it is gone. All of the settings and data you had will be gone unless they were duplicated in another account. Your applications should remain.
That said, there is nothing wrong with having two adminstrator accounts. Some very security minded people suggest that you should not operate from your admin account because it allows access to deep levels in your computer.
Jay

Somehow I have two apple accounts. Can I merge the two?

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Please see item no. 5 of this article:
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Can I install windows 7 using bootcamp on a mac with two user accounts?

I'm asking because I share a MacBookPro (13inch Mid2010 / Lion) with my girlfriend so we have two user accounts.
If I install windows 7 via bootcamp can we both switch to windows?
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Frank

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I have two user accounts I would like to merge into one. What would be the easiest way to go about doing this? I am mostly concerned about moving files, including preferences files, handling the mail accounts and browers bookmarks shouldn't be too troublesome for me.
Thanks

My favourite way to move files from Account A to Account B:
1) Log in to the A account.
2) Locate all the files you want to move. Move them to /Users/A/Public. Note: Don't move any System-created top-level folders, like Documents, Pictures, Music, Movies, etc. Just move their contents.
3) Log in to the B account.
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5) Put the new copies of the files away in the appropriate places in B's home folder.
6) Delete the A user account if it is no longer needed.
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Two user accounts sharing info?

If I have two user accounts set up on my computer how do I make it so that I can share info between only those two users?
For example~ One account has all of our photos downloaded on iPhoto - how do I make it so that the other user can can see those photos when logged into the second account?
Thanks.

Just dropping it into the shared folder is not enough. Any user other than the creator will not have write permission to an iPhoto library without twiddling with the permissions manually. An iPhoto library must be writeable by the user or else iPhoto will refuse to open it.
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For the record, I'm hating this new computer.
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2. Use an external optical drive such as Apple's USB SuperDrive, or one inside another computer.
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