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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Changing the Name of the Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 930766" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>The home folder can be renamed, but it can be tricky and is not recommended. The simplest thing to do is to create a new account, log into it, then delete the old account and call it a day.</p><p></p><p>More info here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428" target="_blank">Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 930766, member: 24098"] The home folder can be renamed, but it can be tricky and is not recommended. The simplest thing to do is to create a new account, log into it, then delete the old account and call it a day. More info here: [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428]Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name[/url] [/QUOTE]
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