On Jan 9, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: > How do you rename the computer so that it says ~user's iMac?
No, you misunderstand. The tilde character "~" is used to indict the following word is a variable, meaning that "~user" is meant to represent whatever user account you're logging in with. In your case, I'd assume when you setup your Macs you used your name perhaps, so ~user's Mac would say "Jane's iMac" perhaps. The ~user is used because I don't know what the name of your Mac is. In your case, perhaps all your Macs have the same or very similar names. This can be a problem that OS X normally handles by numbering subsequent computers on the network with identical names as (2), (3), (4), etc. [example, if all your Macs were called "Jane's Computer" then you'd have "Jane's Computer", "Jane's Computer (2)", etc.]. The names are case sensitive, so "Jane's Computer" is different from "jane's computer". > I usually open the hard drive and select Network. Is that option not > available with 10.5? In 10.5 networked computers available are normally shown in the Toolbar under a "Shared" tab that can be expanded. If you're not logged in, you'd be prompted for ~user name and password to see the files and share them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
