Change name of my mac?

When I was setting up my new Mac, I was told that its name is Patricks-Macbook-Air. Where do I find this and how can I change it?

If you want to change your MacBook's name, just open System Preferences > Sharing, and change the computer's name at the top of that window

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From http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107137
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1. Open Directory Access (/Applications/Utilities/).
2. Click the padlock to authenticate as an Admin user.
3. Select SMB from the Services list.
4. Click Configure.
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8. Quit Directory Access.
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How can I change the name of my Mac. I am using it with a different company now and told want the old company name showing up on emails etc.

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SOS Medical <[email protected]>
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I have an i Mac with airport wireless.What steps do I need to take to change name of wireless(airport)???

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☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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iChat AV 3.1.4 keeps asking me for my AOL Instant Messenger Login. I don't have an AOL account. I use a .Mac account.
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Do you have a .mac.com account with a password over 16 characters ?
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http://www.siriusaddict.com/ichat.html
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Can't change names of folders or drives on desktop

All of a sudden my powers to change names of files and folders on desktop has been taken away from me, I'm stuck with untitled folder 1,2,etc..
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Sounds like a permissions thing. Try using Disk Utility. It's here:
Applications/Utilities.
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Hello there
I just install Leopard (and updated to 10.5.5) on my macbook pro. Checked few things in the Application folder, then few minutes later I went back to it, to realized that it had changed name to ( 0..) I've no idea why???? And another empty Application folder was created in the same path MAC HD/ Library
1) Any idea why this happened.
2) I wonder if there are any implications if I drag and drop all the app folders that reside in the now 0.. folder on to the new applications support folder.
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everyone: read only
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HI all,
I need help solving something an issue with one of my coworkers.
I have a mac Mini with a bluetooth magic mouse.
Yesterday when I arrived to my desk in my office and turned on my computer, I got the low battery alert for my magic mouse, I clicked on the bluetooth icon on the top of my screen to find out exactly how much battery I had left and then I notice that the name of the magic mouse had that of a coworker (Coworker´s Name Mouse) witch was odd since it did had my name on it, and then I notice the wear on the mouse and even do I am not sure of how it really looked like before that day, It does look like it has had a worst life than the one I have given it. At that moment I went to ask my coworker if he had mistakenly switched mouses to what he responded that no, he only took it once when I was out of the office but put it right back in my desk and since his laptop (MacBook Pro) had never used a magic mouse before the magic mouse graved his name and replaced it.
I'm not sure if that is true, if once a Magic mouse is paired with one computer, does it change name that easy?
I don't want to accuse him of cheating me with an older mouse so I really want to be sure....
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2. How can I get the printer to stop printing a "ready" page every time I turn it on?
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Netbios/Partial Qualified Domain name for a Mac?

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Mike

that did not work - I have a name entered in the
Sharing preference menu, and it does not show up.
Did you try setting the "DHCP Client ID" in the Network pane of System Preferences?
Even doing this may not work though... I know I had trouble getting a host name to show up correctly at my work. The DHCP server had picked up the previous name of my system and there didn't seem to be anything I could do from the client side to get it changed. The old system name was associated with my machines MAC address in the DHCP server and nothing I did from the client seemed to allow me to refresh the name the server had already latched onto. The network guys eventually had to delete the entry for my system off of the DHCP server and then allow my system to request a new IP address and refresh it's entry in the server. I have no idea how you might do something like this on a LinkSys router. I suppose the DHCP servers that run on these little personal routers are pretty rudimentary. I guess you might try doing some sort of reset on the router to see if it would reload client names. Or if you have your router configred to only allow connections from specific MAC addresses you might try deleting the entry for your Mac and then adding it back to see if that would trigger it to pick up a new client name.
sorry; I started a new thread because my question
is now much more focused. Someone told me the
Linksys router gets that info from the netbios name,
so I figured I should ask that specific question
with that specific subject title - maybe someone
knows how to specify this netbios name for a Mac,
but might not know or care anything about routers
and my specific problem.
It seems understandable that PCs would send their NetBIOS names to a DHCP server... but it seems to me that a Mac would send it's "sharing" name. I doubt that a LinkSys router would specifically request a NetBIOS name, but I don't really know... I don't have any experience with them. I suppose you could try turning on "Window Sharing" in system preferences to see it that made you Mac look more like a Windows box to the router. :^\
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