old user /home directories

[iku_nomac]

Hello,
I need to solve an issue about full system disk. I tried all the variants from deleting local timemaschine files over filling up the disk with zero bytes files to activate the Mac purging etc.

After all those inputs, it did change nothing. STILL 350GB of 500GB for system.

I read about analyzing where the big files are and what they are.

So I found out that once on the mac os I am supporting to clean up must been another user. I found a user home of 390GB of an user that didn't exist as a login user.

/Users --> localuser and a localuser 1

So directory of localuser 1 is 390GB but the real user is localuser without 1....

The permissions are the same on all files of both users. This system was updated over years, now it is Mojave OS.

Question:
Why are 2 same users but different files in their home directories?
Could I copy the files to the other directory?
Should I create the old user --> localuser 1 (example) after deleting user within home directory?

Sorry I am not a mac user but unix is my castle


Please, ask for further information...

 

[iku_nomac]

[SOLVED]

create new user
change user home newuser to the directory of localuser 1
go into terminal
analyze the biggest gainer folder
delete them

or save files you want....

after all do cleanup ---- now I saved 300GB of space for the real user..

thx...for nothing