Duplicate users in accounts list
I've just migrated my account and all it's data to a new machine using Apples Migration Assistant and everythings working fine, however, I have multiple instances of my account in the Accounts preference pane (22 duplicates).
In the Login window I just see the one account, but on the preference pane, in 'get info' on files, and in 'swith users' on Butler, I see multiple instances of the same account. I cannot delete them in the Accounts pane as the '-' button is greyed out.
It's not causing me problems, but it is annoying to see 20+ accounts in lists, because I'm not sure which one is the real me (cue Twilight Zone music).
Any suggestions?
Open the Terminal and NetInfo Manager applications in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run the following from the Terminal:
id -u
This command will give you a number. In the NetInfo Manager, click the padlock, type in your administrator password, and delete all the user accounts which are listed under your name and where the account's numeric UID doesn't match the output of the Terminal command. Don't delete an account if its name isn't the same as your account's name, and don't delete the only account with a numeric UID matching the output of the command; if multiple accounts have that UID, delete all but one of them.
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