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Changing default user/account name on Mac OS X 10.6?
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<blockquote data-quote="patrickwilver" data-source="post: 1293922" data-attributes="member: 214359"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I am using a MacBook Pro at my place of work that was bought for an earlier intern who set up the computer. She made all the account information as her name.</p><p></p><p>Now, I have changed the name of the computer (System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name) and I have edited the names and information within the Accounts section (System Preferences > Accounts > My Account). However, the previous interns name continues to auto-populate in the "Name" field every time I try to unlock a setting or authenticate anything on the computer.</p><p></p><p>My question is: how do I change this name to match my new username information that I changed under the Accounts settings? And if I have changed all this information, why is this old name still popping up?</p><p></p><p>I've been at this for hours... please help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patrickwilver, post: 1293922, member: 214359"] Hello, I am using a MacBook Pro at my place of work that was bought for an earlier intern who set up the computer. She made all the account information as her name. Now, I have changed the name of the computer (System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name) and I have edited the names and information within the Accounts section (System Preferences > Accounts > My Account). However, the previous interns name continues to auto-populate in the "Name" field every time I try to unlock a setting or authenticate anything on the computer. My question is: how do I change this name to match my new username information that I changed under the Accounts settings? And if I have changed all this information, why is this old name still popping up? I've been at this for hours... please help! [/QUOTE]
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