You can rename the computer itself in the sharing part os system preferences. I
think you can change the name that is displayed, but to actually change the
name of the account, you would need to create a new one, which may be more
trouble than it's worth.
On Aug 14, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Allison Ma
The Computer name is independent from the administrator User Name. The
computer name really only applies to what the machine will be known as on a
network. The home folder is usually named by default as the user name (If I'm
wrong on this I stand corrected). But yeah the computer name only ha
Hi everyone,
Someone recently posted a question about erasing data on a used macbook. Even
though mine is new I got to thinking. Can I rename my Macbook? I read lots of
forums and know I can easily create a new user account as an administrator
under system prefs under accounts. If I change th