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<blockquote data-quote="NanoBite" data-source="post: 513874" data-attributes="member: 13565"><p>Whatever you do don't change your "Home" directory name, which is the one next to the icon of a House or *Home*... you need to really do your research first before attempting to change this .... that's your Short User Name and to change this can cause untold chaos if you are not careful ....</p><p></p><p>I too was unhappy with my full name being seen as the name of my computer so I just changed it using the above methods .... my short user name (next to the house) is unchanged and I don't really care about that.</p><p></p><p>Are you able to change your Computers Name to something else using one of my methods?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107854" target="_blank"><strong>Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 or later: Return to default desktop, apparent "loss" of home directory</strong></a></p><p></p><p>I realise this info relates to Panther & Tiger but I'm sure it'll be the same in Leopard.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: White">.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NanoBite, post: 513874, member: 13565"] Whatever you do don't change your "Home" directory name, which is the one next to the icon of a House or *Home*... you need to really do your research first before attempting to change this .... that's your Short User Name and to change this can cause untold chaos if you are not careful .... I too was unhappy with my full name being seen as the name of my computer so I just changed it using the above methods .... my short user name (next to the house) is unchanged and I don't really care about that. Are you able to change your Computers Name to something else using one of my methods? [URL="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107854"][B]Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 or later: Return to default desktop, apparent "loss" of home directory[/B][/URL] I realise this info relates to Panther & Tiger but I'm sure it'll be the same in Leopard. [COLOR="White"].[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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