Re: changing user name

Hi Daniel, As Rosemary uses Time Capsule, & Time Machine to backup both her and her husband's computers. One other point I thought we should make, is that changing the user short name Time Machine will NOT "inherit" or "associate" her husband's old backups. After the short name is changed the H

Re: changing user name

Thanks Daniel, I appreciate your opinion as always. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 30/06/2013, at 12:34 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > Yes, definitely make sure to back up. > I had used that one a couple of times and had some very weird effects with it > (locked folders with wrong permissio

Re: changing user name

Yes, definitely make sure to back up. I had used that one a couple of times and had some very weird effects with it (locked folders with wrong permissions, programs wouldn't launch due to "differences" in name etc). But yes, if running Mountain Lion it's worth a try :) At least there's 3 or 4 wa

Re: changing user name

Hi Rosemary and Daniel,Hi Daniel, I did not post my reply over top of yours as I thought it best to keep it separate.As Rosemary is worried about using terminal. And as we know using root user or sudo is dangerous and you can cause serious damage if you make a mistake.If Rosemary's husband is using

Re: Adobe Creative Cloud

The cloud based creative suite does not rely on constant access to the Internet. You still download the application (so need fast Internet for that part), then it checks in about once a month to verify that your licence is valid. Sent from my iPad On 29/06/2013, at 12:52 PM, Rick Armstrong wr

Re: Erasing macbook pro 13-inch, Mid 2009 wrinkles

Hi Rosemary Technically (legally), when you sell it, it's meant to be sold with the operating system it came with, as that is the one (legally) you can give with it. With Mountain Lion the purchase is associated with your AppleID, so although you can install it, your AppleID as such is not on t

Re: changing user name

Hi Rosemary First off,..Make sure everything is well and truly backed up! Secondly,.,..Make sure everything is well and truly backed up. Ok, now that that's out of the way,…. There are a few different ways to do it, depending on the OS. Apple's info to do it is listed here

changing user name

My husband has changed his name so wants to change his user name. Not the name he logs in with, but the name of the user folder. How do I do it for him? I remember reading some Terminal instructions at one time but I got cold feet as while I'm pretty confident with most things I'm a bit unsure wit