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hi everyone, well my transition to mac has gone quite well and I have to say I am pleased with it. It's much more reliable than my old PC! I do have another question, however.
Basically, I want to change my short name (the name next to the house icon in the finder thing) as when I first set up my laptop I didn't have a **** clue what it was asking and I put my email address in there for some reason. What an idiot I am. My long name is my full name however my short name is my email address and I would rather they match.
I checked out google and the articles say things like log in to root but I am scared that I will bugger up my nice mac so I was wondering if there is a simple way to do it? Or maybe a safe, reliable program that could do it for me?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Chris
Basically, I want to change my short name (the name next to the house icon in the finder thing) as when I first set up my laptop I didn't have a **** clue what it was asking and I put my email address in there for some reason. What an idiot I am. My long name is my full name however my short name is my email address and I would rather they match.
I checked out google and the articles say things like log in to root but I am scared that I will bugger up my nice mac so I was wondering if there is a simple way to do it? Or maybe a safe, reliable program that could do it for me?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Chris