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1. Create the new user's computer account (if the new user is a temp, we may be asked not to create a new user account). In the event the user is a temp and will use the same account, we will rename the account for the new user.
2. If an account is created for the new user, they can also keep using the old user account to access certain files should they need.
3. Obtain Certificates for the new user at https://ca.mit.edu/ca/ in the browser they would need.
4. If a new user account is created, copy all files on the old desktop in the folder "Files To New Employee" to the new user account Documents folder of the new employee's user account.
5. If a new user account is created, copy all the appropriate local email folders from the old user's account in Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes (where username is the user's Mac account name) on the Mac to the new user's email account folder in the new user's Mac account "Library/Mai/V2/Mailboxes/" folder.
6. Launch Apple Mail in the new user's account to build the index from the old emails. After it does this, add the new user's email account settings.
   1. If the machine is running Mac OS 10.9: http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Setup+OS+X+10.9+%28Mavericks%29+Mail%2C+Calendars%2C+Contacts+and+Notes+for+MIT%27s+Exchange+Environment
   2. If the machine is running Mac OS 10.8: http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Setup+OS+X+10.8+%28Mountain+Lion%29+Mail+6.x,+Calendars,+Contacts+and+Notes+for+MIT%27s+Exchange+environment
   3. If the machine is running Mac OS 10.7: http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Set+up+Mac+OS+X+10.7+%28Lion%29+Mail+5.x,+iCal+and+Address+Book+for+MIT%27s+Exchange+environment