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Renaming Home folder
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<blockquote data-quote="lil" data-source="post: 159618"><p>If you want to 'rename' the home folder the best way as you may have discovered is to create a new account (System Preferences > Accounts) and in the short name description, call it what you want your home folder to be called.</p><p></p><p>Then copy out the documents from the account you are transferring from into the new home folder, and then delete via Account Preferences the old account you have just transferred from.</p><p></p><p>As to why Apple allows you to easily rename the home folder is beyond me too, but maybe something will be done in time.</p><p></p><p>Of course I prefer the gloves off approach in OS X...</p><p></p><p>Vicky :flower:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lil, post: 159618"] If you want to 'rename' the home folder the best way as you may have discovered is to create a new account (System Preferences > Accounts) and in the short name description, call it what you want your home folder to be called. Then copy out the documents from the account you are transferring from into the new home folder, and then delete via Account Preferences the old account you have just transferred from. As to why Apple allows you to easily rename the home folder is beyond me too, but maybe something will be done in time. Of course I prefer the gloves off approach in OS X... Vicky :flower: [/QUOTE]
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