Hi David, To be "Super Sure" that the New Name Change is everywhere, Go into System Preferences > Network - Advanced - and click on WINS and change the NetBIOS Name: to whatever you have decided to name the MacBook.
Then Quit System Preferences and Re-Boot the MacBook. Now you should not have any problems on the Network. Cheers, Ronni On 03/09/2010, at 11:18 AM, David Noel wrote: > > -- Thanks Ronni, helpful and reassuring as always. > > Cheers, David > > ===== > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Hi again David, >> >> I should mention that naming your MacBook just "MacBook" is fine unless you >> have other MacBooks on the same Network named "MacBook". >> You will want to keep it distinguishable from other MacBooks on your >> network, say name your MB "David MacBook" ;-) >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 03/09/2010, at 10:48 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 03/09/2010, at 10:37 AM, David Noel wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi All -- >>>> >>>> -- I've recently bought a 13" MacBook to take on my travels. I've >>>> copied all the files on my iMac (Intel) over to the MacBook, using >>>> Migration Assistant, so the two computers are currently almost >>>> identical (though iMac is 10.6.4, MacBook is 10.6.3). >>>> >>>> -- I'd like to rename the MacBook computer and hard drive as >>>> 'MacBook', but I have disquieting buried memories of this having >>>> caused troubles for others. Can I just do the renaming as for any >>>> other device, or are there hidden dangers? TIA. >>>> >>>> David Noel >>>> 2010 Sep 3 >>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> Open System Preferences > Sharing and change the computer's name. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >>> 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >>> >>> OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard >>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
