/Users/Abby
is the home folder of a user account that has been deleted. Check out the screenshot:
While logged in as work
(which is no longer an account I use for work, but I can't be bothered to change the name of the home folder), the files in /Users/Abby
are do-not-enter.
I want to get into them to see if I've left any stuff behind, but I can't log in as Abby (since the user has been deleted).
While we're here, I'm not completely sure how I managed to delete this user account without deleting its home folder (or putting its home folder in a Deleted Users
folder). This all seems… quite odd.
I did all this user deletin' and messin' around in Lion and have since upgraded to Mountain Lion.
Best Answer
Here's a few different ways you can access the old user's files:
Recreate the deleted account, and log in with it:
Use the "System Administrator" account to access the files:
Change the permissions of the old home folder:
If you want information on how this occurred, I just answered a similar question yesterday