Hi Rosemary, What were your results please?
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 30/06/2013, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> 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 changing the user short > name Time Machine will NOT "inherit" or "associate" her husband's old backups. > > After the short name is changed the Home Folder has a different name, so it > will be backed-up in its entirety. So the first TM backup after the short > name change will a full/complete backup of all his data. > > He will also notice a change in the Time Machine browser. > When looking at backups of, say, his Documents folder in the new backups, he > won't be able to go directly to the backups of the old one, since they are in > a whole different folder. > > He can select his HD in the sidebar, select the Users folder, then navigate > to an earlier backup until he can find the old home folder. > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > On 29/06/2013, at 11:22 PM, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > >> 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 >> <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428> >> >> Another way you can do it is here… >> http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/20/change-short-name-user-mac-os-x/ >> >> You can have "mixed" success with either, so just be wary of it. >> >> There is a way to do it via a cloned back up, create the new user account >> and "copy" the data back. But it can carry permissions errors and library >> issues,…so i'm a bit wary to recommend that one. (it's not overly easy >> either,…lol). >> >> Here are some other links to doing it as well… >> <https://www.google.com.au/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=how+to+change+osx+user+name&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=XfnOUd-fGIPkkQWKooDYCw> >> >> But yeh,..as mentioned,..make sure to have a really good backup before you >> start. >> (Sorry, can't stress that one enough,…lol). >> >> Hope something there helps ;)) >> >> Kind regards >> Daniel >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> >> >> **For everything Apple** >> >> NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and >> as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of >> MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of >> warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any >> information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that >> permission by the author be requested. >> >> On 29/06/2013, at 10:54 PM, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> 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 with >>> "the black screen" as I know I can damage stuff if I don't know what I'm >>> doing. >>> >>> Kind Regards >>> Rosemary Spark >>> PO Box 781 >>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia >>> Phone: + 61 8 94336609 >>> Mobile: 0414268043 >>> arkaysp...@gmail.com >
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