Users & Groups preferences is removing a user account and saving the Home directory to a disk image

I removed other users in my macbook.

I can't restart or shut down my macbook. Please help me.

Thank you.

MacBook, macOS 10.13

Posted on Apr 26, 2020 8:56 PM

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BDAqua

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Apr 27, 2020 2:27 PM in response to joana76

Gulp, seems you have no choice but to hold the Power Button down to force it to Shut Down. :(

BDAqua

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Apr 26, 2020 9:46 PM in response to joana76

Do you mean it's still saving?

How long has it been & what size do you think they were?

joana76 Author

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Apr 26, 2020 9:51 PM in response to BDAqua

Hello!

Yep! ” saving the Home directory to a disk image” been like that for like a week already. I can't even restart or shut down my macbook. I can't even force quit the system preferences.

BDAqua

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Apr 29, 2020 2:41 PM in response to joana76

How's it going?

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