how to change computer name?

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Hello all,

I'm on my daughter's iMac running OS X 10.7.3. When she bought this computer she had the Apple store set it up and they named the computer with her own name - but they misspelled it! Is there any way to change the computer's name without totally sending it back to its default settings?

Thanks for any help.

Kevin H.
 
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Your Mac's Specs
20" iMac, Late 2007, 2.4GHz (Dual Core), 1GB RAM, Radeon 2600HD OSX 10.6.8
If you mean the User Account name, go to System Preferences, click on Users & Groups. From there, you should see a box with 'Full Name:' titling it. You can then rename it there.

If you want to change the name of the computer as it appears to other people on a network etc., go System Preferences > Sharing. At the top you should see a box named 'Computer Name'.

For future knowledge, all it took to get this info was two quick Google's: "change user name osx 10.7" and "change computer name osx 10.7".
Saves a bit of effort on our part :p
 
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madwolfe said:
If you mean the User Account name, go to System Preferences, click on Users & Groups. From there, you should see a box with 'Full Name:' titling it. You can then rename it there.

If you want to change the name of the computer as it appears to other people on a network etc., go System Preferences > Sharing. At the top you should see a box named 'Computer Name'.

For future knowledge, all it took to get this info was two quick Google's: "change user name osx 10.7" and "change computer name osx 10.7".
Saves a bit of effort on our part :p
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Madwolfe: thanks for the info. System Preferences>sharing was the answer we needed. And you're right, I should have done a Google search first.

Kevin H.
 
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20" iMac, Late 2007, 2.4GHz (Dual Core), 1GB RAM, Radeon 2600HD OSX 10.6.8
kjhart0133 said:
Madwolfe: thanks for the info. System Preferences>sharing was the answer we needed. And you're right, I should have done a Google search first.

Kevin H.
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No problem :)
 

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