Re: changing user name

Ronni, Finally got brave enough to do this. Backed up with TM and Carbon Cloner and Crashplan I tried the within computer root method rather than terminal It seems to have worked. Haven't really explored TM backup yet Ruari Jack was pleased to finally have his new name in place One thing in Crashpl

Re: changing user name

Hello Rosemary, Would you please post your results on this subject? There were email replies commencing 29-06-2013 Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 14 Jul 2013, at 8:37 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi Rosemary, > > What were your results please? > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni

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Ronni, Haven't tried yet!! Rosemary On 14/07/2013, at 8:37 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Rosemary, > > What were your results please? > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > On 30/06/2013, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Daniel, >> >> As Rosemary uses Time Capsule, & Time

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Hi Rosemary, What were your results please? Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 30/06/2013, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Re: Changing user name

Hear hear Ronni from all of us who watch with awe the material you push out. Re digits...A certain Route comes to mind... Mike On 28/11/2010, at 3:41 PM, Merv Bond wrote: > > Ronni > I think you are emerging from a year of needing to balance freedom and > domestic (WAMUG?) affairs. May you re

Re: Changing user name

Ronni I think you are emerging from a year of needing to balance freedom and domestic (WAMUG?) affairs. May you retain the balance in spite of being generous to a fault in the coming year. Merv On Sun28Nov Sun28Nov12:29 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, Wow … 77 Sunset Strip … now you hav

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Hi Severin, Wow … 77 Sunset Strip … now you have me reminiscing ;-) Aaahh, Stu Bailey (Efrem Zimbalist jr) & Kookie (Edd Byrnes) in the TV Series. I also had matching double digits this year, but I'm not about to let all WAMUG know which one :o) Unless you know the meaning of double-digit

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Thanks for those kind thoughts, Ronni! I have now really recovered my self esteem and composure and will continue to enjoy the "privilege" of advancing years from now on - reinforced by getting to the nice sounding double seven on Tuesday. Severin On 28/11/2010, at 9:42 AM, Ronda Brown

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On 27/11/2010, at 11:12 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > Got it in one, thanks Neil, now why did I not see it that way! I plead > advancing years! > Kind regards > Severin Hey Severin, Don't be hard on yourself. Advancing years is a 'privilege' not an 'excuse' ;-) … especially for a man who gr

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Got it in one, thanks Neil, now why did I not see it that way! I plead advancing years! Kind regards Severin On 27/11/2010, at 7:00 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Severin, I’m working from memory here – so regard it as ideas rather than gospel ;o) If I understand you correctly you are wan

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Hi Severin, I¹m working from memory here ­ so regard it as ideas rather than gospel ;o) If I understand you correctly you are wanting to change the User Name (ie the long name) but not the short name. In that case, I think you would not want to create a new user ­ you would just change the Accoun

Changing user name

I recently installed a larger boot disk in my G5/Leopard and successfully Installed an uptodate 10.5.8 and migrated everything from the old one. However, for a variety of reasons I have finished up with a user name I would like to change back to what I want. How to do this is well document