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<blockquote data-quote="TattooedMac" data-source="post: 1091463" data-attributes="member: 101749"><p>A complete reinstall could do it, but without doing that :</p><p></p><p>Have a look here @ Support</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><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428" target="_blank"></a> or if thats difficult to follow you could do this ...</p><p></p><p><strong>The home folder should be your “short name” from when you set up your account on OS X. It’s not supposed to be changed, and doing so can really mess stuff up. It’s VERY risky, so consider yourself warned.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>You can probably just rename the folder, but the OS will still look in the old location for your home folder. To tell it you’re changing your home folder, go to System Preferences -> Accounts, unlock it if it’s locked (otherwise the next step won’t be possible), right-click on your account name, and click "Advanced Options…”</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>There is a box there where you can choose your home directory. Direct that to the newly named one.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>If you can’t rename your home folder (I’ve never tried), create a new folder in /Users with the name you want, copy/move everything from your home folder into it, and then do the above to point the OS to the new folder.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>But remember mucking around with anything in the <em>home</em> directory could cause you problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TattooedMac, post: 1091463, member: 101749"] A complete reinstall could do it, but without doing that : Have a look here @ Support [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428"]Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name [/URL] or if thats difficult to follow you could do this ... [B]The home folder should be your “short name” from when you set up your account on OS X. It’s not supposed to be changed, and doing so can really mess stuff up. It’s VERY risky, so consider yourself warned. You can probably just rename the folder, but the OS will still look in the old location for your home folder. To tell it you’re changing your home folder, go to System Preferences -> Accounts, unlock it if it’s locked (otherwise the next step won’t be possible), right-click on your account name, and click "Advanced Options…” There is a box there where you can choose your home directory. Direct that to the newly named one. If you can’t rename your home folder (I’ve never tried), create a new folder in /Users with the name you want, copy/move everything from your home folder into it, and then do the above to point the OS to the new folder. [/B] But remember mucking around with anything in the [I]home[/I] directory could cause you problems. [/QUOTE]
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