It's easier than that, no need for terminal use! Fire up system preferences, and clock the "sharing" bit, and at the top is a text box for you to enter the computer name in. I think
On 26 Dec 2009, at 10:37, Ramon Pubill <claupub...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am posting on behalf of my 73 year old dad. He's beginning to get > "concerned" that his new eMac has "John Doe's eMac" when we use the > computer tab for finder windows. > > We just bought this eMac off eBay, it really doesn't belong to a guy > called John Doe. So I created a new account on my dad's name, hoping > it would fix that but No; the computer is still "John Doe's eMac" and > we want to be able to change it. I am only familiar with some > commands in Terminal so if it requires the use of such tool, I will > use it with a lot of caution and need to be walked through please. We > do not have OS disk at all, so if it requires a system re-install > (which I hope it doesn't) then we might be out of luck. > > I am sure other people who buy used Mac have seen this before. I had > an old G3 that was "Bob's G3" but it didn't bother me; so I left it > alone, used it for 2 years no problem. > > If it helps at all, our setup is: > > eMac 1.25Ghz > OS 10.4.11 > 512MB RAM > > Thanks!! > > On behalf of: > R. Pubill > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac > Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
