Re: renaming my macbook

2010-08-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
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

Re: renaming my macbook

2010-08-14 Thread Pete Nalda
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

renaming my macbook

2010-08-14 Thread Allison Manzino
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