Deleted Movies Home Folder with Transmit

Hi, accidentally I deleted my movies home folder with Trasnmit (pointing to the wrong window and bang!!!, bye bye movies!!!), and I managed to recover my files with Data Rescue II, but my problem is to get my Movies folder re-rooted to my user, which I have no Idea at all how to do.
Any help will be really appreciated.

And what about to have it rooted and protected with the ACL specials permissions that have Leopard, that is been talk in this posts:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6192505&#6192505
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6286626&#6286626

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Hi, here's a question:
How can I share the home folder with different accounts on the same mac?
The whole point being not to have to install all my apps, and move all my files each time between users.
The second thing would be to be able to modify one document on one account, and have it changed on the other account without having to copy it.
I would like to have a pro and a private account on my mac.
Thanks for you answers,
Doug

Your apps should not be installed in your home folder--they should be in /Applications where every user can access them.
If you want to share things between users on the same Mac, use the /Users/Shared folder. Keep your home folder private. Trying to defeat the protections on the home folder subfolders just gets messy. I've never bothered to figure out all of the problems associated with it so I can't explain how to do it.
Even with using Shared, you would need to alter the ACLs on the shared folder in order to allow both users to modify the documents.
You must create a Group in Users & Groups and put each user in that group. Then create a folder inside /Users/Shared where you want to share the various files.
Then, add an ACL to the shared folder that gives the group special permissions. on that folder.
sudo chmod -R +a "<sharinggroup> allow delete,chown,list,search,add_file,add_subdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directory_inherit" /Users/Shared/<sharing folder>
Replace <sharinggroup> and <sharingfolder> with the name of your group and your folder. Then, run the command in the Terminal.
With that ACL, each user in <sharinggroup> will be able to alter the files created by any user in the group in that <sharingfolder>.
Essentially, the client OS is not designed for true file sharing among the individual users. It is designed to isolate each user account from the others.

Directory in home folder with 1367321 files?

Hi!
I have a random named (DZVhveYJ_Y) directory in my home folder (~) with 1.3 million files in it, also random named, all of them six characters. Directory size is only 480 MB. What can this directory be? Should I delete it?
Last edited by Bailando (2014-01-29 17:09:17)

jasonwryan wrote:What is in the files?
...and for your information, before you try to open them, you can find out what type they are by using the command "file <filename>". I hate it when I accidentally try to open a binary file in a text editor.

Enabled FileVault - 24hrs later it's still "Deleting old Home folder"

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If you have a 90 GB home folder, it'll take forever. (And also be INCREDIBLY unreliable-do you really need every single file encrypted with U.S. Department of Defense level security?)
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I've not been able to find any accounts of how long this is supposed to take. Has anyone actually waited 16+ hours and had the thing complete?
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How to delete the home folder of a deleted account?

After I set up a new account, I transferred everything from my old macbook pro to my new iMac (so it has a moutain lion system. I'm sure you know it. Just want to make it clear ) through migration assistance from time machine. Then I realized that an extra account (my old one) plus many unnecessary data had been transferred to my new iMac. Therefore, I decided to delete this old account.
HOWEVER, when I deleted the account, I failed to delete the home folder--I chose to delete it securely; but after it started backing up, I simply cancel the backup (which is a HUGE mistake) Then I found the account was deleted but its home folder stayed-- it occupied over 150GB of my new iMac.
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in addition, since I only want to transfer iphoto pictures, iTune music and some important documents to my new account, should I simply copy thme to an external drive and transfer them to my new account?
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In system preferences, create a new account again, using the short name of the "deleted" account. You may be prompted to re-use the old home folder. Log out and log in to test it worked. Then log in as your new admin, and do the delete process again. Don't choose to securely delete this time - just a regular delete.
When you have time to spare, go to Disk Utility, and use the Erase tab to securely erase free space on the drive. This will accomplish the same thing that your originally tried to do. Use the fastest method - anything more secure is a waste of time. You may need to run it overnight - it can take several hours.
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Apple script to delete user home folder

I wish to run a appple script to delete all user home folders except for ladmin which is an admin account. All other user home folders need to go. Any one have a script that can do this by using ARD

Account information is kept in NetInfo, a complex system database. If you just delete a home folder the account will still exist, and a new home folder will be created the next time a user logs into it.

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How do I create an alias of my home folder with the little house icon to appear on my desktop, please?

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Open Finder. Under Preferences > Sidebar > Devices > check Hard disks.
Navigate to your home folder from "Macintosh HD" (or whatever the name of your boot volume is) in the finder. Set the view to column.
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How to fix permission denied for home folder with Apache in Mavericks?

I recently activated the apache that ships with OS X Mavericks. I followed some tutorial to set up the web-server, however. When I browse to my home-filter at http://localhost/~nazeem, I get the following error: You don't have permission to access /~nazeem/ on this server.
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I posted my own User Tip on how to configure Apache: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3083
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I deleted my applicatons folder with Amnesia 1.0.7

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Remove Movies Home folder

Hi everyone.
I want to remove my home 'Movies' folder, but Mac said it is unpossible. How to fix this?

It is set to not delete because it may be expected by some programs. If you really think it is necessary to delete the folder, you could remove it in the Terminal with sudo rm -r ~/MoviesBe careful and good luck. If you mess up typing the command you could delete something you didn't want to.
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Tried to Move a Folder with Subfolders & Messages but it did not work fully

As far as I know, Drag n Drop should work - but not into or out of any IMAP account. Only between Local folders and folders in POP accounts.
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I just reviewed How to Switch from POP to IMAP:
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