Changing "home" name on iMac

I purchased a used iMac. I changed the name of my computer (settings/sharing) but the public folder and the name next to the "home" in finder is still wrong.
How do I change these names?

Open the Users & Groups pane of System Preferences and create a new administrator account.
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Hello David. Open System Preferences > Sharing. At the top you will see Computer Name and the old Mac Pro name. Highlight this and change to the preferred name.
Sometimes you also need to use the Edit button under the name. But if you change the name in the first view and then press the Edit button, it should show the new name you just set.

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Has anyone experienced this? I changed my home name (has first and last name, took out last), was on the internet, and then lost everything. Any programs I opened wanted me to register. I restarted, and now everything is gone, but it is in the original home name (first and last). I'm a college student and in a huge panic as all of my essays are on my computer, and not backed up. Not to mention my photos and other things...
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Open the Users folder in the Finder and rename the item with the house icon to tempfolder, and then rename the folder with your files to the former name of the folder with the house icon. Log out and back in to restore your data.
To change the name of your home folder successfully, you need to update the home property for your user account in the NetInfo Manager, which is located in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder, or create a symbolic link which tells Mac OS X where to find your home folder, or use this tool to change your account's short name.
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Changing Home Name

I wish to change the home name that appears at the top of the Finder screen, I suppose this should be easy I cannot work it out. Can any one help I have wasted hours?

Home name? At the top of the Finder screen? The only thing I can think of that could maybe match that description is the user name (which would match the name of your home folder) in the right side of the menu bar if you have fast user switching enabled. If you want to change your user name, that's not an easy or recommended task, but see this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428
If that isn't what you're trying to do, you need to be a little more clear.

Change Home name

is there anyway to change the name of my "home" its really annoying. Oh and am i supposed to see a Mac OS X loading screen when loading up, you wit he bar that fills up, b/c all i see a blue screen for the normal amount of time then it goes to my desktop with no issues.

I think I have stumbled upon the answer (using Leopard):
1. Log in as Root (enable this using the Directory Utility)
2. Change the name of home folder
3. Open the Accounts System Preference
4. After authenticating, right click the account you want to change, and Advanced Options window will appear
5. The options include the ability to change the short name and to designate the home directory (which now has a new name)
6. Restart the computer
My home folder now has the name that I want, and so far, everything appears to be working correctly.
Note, however, that the Advanced Options window contains a DIRE WARNING that things can get really messed up. So it's up to you whether or not you want to try this. Since I had just done a clean install of Leopard on my MacBook Pro, I was willing to take a chance that if things got messed up, I would just install again.

HT1428 chown -R does not work in terminal what do I do to change home name?

I want to give away or sell my mac but my home directory name is one I use on my other accounts. I have deleted hard drive but my name is still in the guts of the computer HT1428 on how to change the account name did not work for me. I must be doing something wrong in Terminal. I have even tried sudo rm-r/home// but nothing happens. I have tried chmod but I can't understand the protocol for the commands. I don't want to learn Unix, I just want to do this one thing.

Do this:
Prepare Your Mac for Sale
Boot from the OS X Installer Disc One that came with the computer. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select the startup volume from the left side list then click on the Erase tab. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) then click on the Options button. Select the one pass Zero Data option and click on the OK button. Then click on the Erase button.
Note: You can skip the Zero Data option if you are not concerned about removing sensitive personal data from the hard drive. If you choose to skip this part of the process then it is possible for others to recover data from the hard drive. The Zero Data procedure will prevent others from getting access to your personal information.
This process will take 30 minutes to several hours depending upon the size of the hard drive. After formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Now complete the OS X installation. At the completion of the installation do not restart the computer. Instead just shut it off. The next user will be presented with the Setup Assistant when they turn on the computer just as it would if new out of the box.
Be sure to include the installer discs for the OS X version you install per the above.

Can I Change Home Name and Short Name This Way (Safely)?

Tried this question a couple weeks ago and got 0 replies in the Admin/Accounts section, so I'm revising and trying here. Please help!
Let me see if I can make this simple.
Small office environment; 2 Mac (G4's); Airport network. I am admin on both computers. My employee is admin on his computer as well, but not on mine. Each of us has data we use on our own computer but we can access data from the other computer when necessary. We use the same password to login (just for simplicity). My user name is "Joe Smith" and my assistant's is "Bob Lee Brown." His short name is "blb".
My assistant is moving out of town and I'm hiring someone else. I'd like to set up a new user with that person's name ("Jane Jones"). I'd like the entire "Bob Lee Brown" and "blb" off the computer, and have that replaced by "Jane Jones" and "jj" (for a short name) everywhere, for the new assistant. I want to make sure we're still 100% networked when I get done, and that I can still admin both accounts but my new assistant can't admin my computer. In other words, I'd like a clone of what I have now, only with the names changed everywhere.
So - here's the question (in multi-part format):
Should I create a new Admin account on the assistnat's computer, log in as that one and delete the existing one, saving the user prefernces from the deleted user?
In this event, could i take the deleted user file that's saved and import back in all the user preferences - particularly for Word and Entourage?
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Or should I just tell my new assistant that she's stuck with a he's name and leave well enough alone?
Thanks - been on Macs since 1984, but never had to do this one before and I'm a little concerned I might mess something up without some step-by-step instructions!

I have used ChangeShortName once and it worked fine; a real timesaver. However, I would backup the /Users folder (or the whole drive) and repair permissions first to be on the safe side.
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Use the Accounts pane of System Preferences to create a new administrator account, log in with it, and delete all other existing accounts from System Preferences. Next, change the computer's name from the Sharing pane.
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Just got a new job. Yeah! Taken over former employees' iMac. I made myself Administrator, seem to be the only log in option. But, my home folder is still in the old guys name. How can I change the name on the Home folder without deleting it and loose all the files? CAN'T loose the files? Help...
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Changing the existing home folder name is complicated. I recommend you NOT do that.
Instead, create a new User with exactly the home folder name you want, and copy your files over to that new user. Once a few days have gone by trouble-free, and you are certain you have no issues, you can delete the old home folder.
While on the subject of users, Some users prefer the peace-of-mind of using an "ordinary" user account, rather than an Admin account for daily use. This makes it much harder for anything to "sneak" onto your Mac, as you need to authenticate anything to be installed in system directories.
To do this, create a new Admin user, log into it, and demote your daily-use account to a non-Admin user. When actively installing stuff, the Admin username and password will be requested.

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Barney-15E wrote:
You should have experienced that same effect when you managed to change you login name. How did you change your login name?
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Niel wrote:
Move all of your files to the other home folder in the Users folder and then change the name.
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I'll try that, thanks.

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First, before you go messing around with your home folder, make SURE you have a backup. If you have to ask how to make one, this process is not for you-it's advanced, and can mess up your data if done wrong.
1. Open Accounts preferences (>System Preferences...>Accounts)
2. Unlock the lock at the bottom, if necessary.
3. Control (or right) click your account's name, and click "Advanced Options..."
4. (IMPORTANT) Change "Short Name" to what you want the new short name to be.
5. (IMPORTANT) Change "Home Directory" so that the path is right (I.E. if your new short name is "test1", change the path to "/Users/test1"-basically, DON'T CHANGE "/Users/"-just what comes after it-DON'T TYPE THE QUOTES)
6. (IMPORTANT) Click "OK", and restart.
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I would like to change the name of the administrator and home folder on one of my computers. How is this accomplished?
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Macworld | Changing the short username in Leopard. Use the last procedure, "The Full Monty."

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