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Safe to change short username in OS X?
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<blockquote data-quote="sban" data-source="post: 1087218" data-attributes="member: 153293"><p>I recently bought an iBook G4 with OS X 10.5.8 from a friend (my first Mac). It seems the short username is 'new owner'. I was going to change it to my name by following these steps [System Preferences - Accounts - Click on lock and input password - right click main account - advanced options - change short user name] mentioned <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=674673" target="_blank">here</a>. But i am also reading in several places that this could be dangerous. Apple also seems to <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428" target="_blank">advise against</a> it. Your thoughts and advice would be very welcome. Many thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sban, post: 1087218, member: 153293"] I recently bought an iBook G4 with OS X 10.5.8 from a friend (my first Mac). It seems the short username is 'new owner'. I was going to change it to my name by following these steps [System Preferences - Accounts - Click on lock and input password - right click main account - advanced options - change short user name] mentioned [URL="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=674673"]here[/URL]. But i am also reading in several places that this could be dangerous. Apple also seems to [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428"]advise against[/URL] it. Your thoughts and advice would be very welcome. Many thanks. [/QUOTE]
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