Changing short name / user name in the Finder

I just set up a new mac, and inadvertently let it default my admin account short name to
myname1 (based on my .mac ID)
Can I change it to :
Myname
I've had a rummage and saw about the advanced options in the Account preferences, and created :
Myname
as an alias, but even after restarting its showing up as
myname1
in the finder.
Any suggestions?
Cheers.
Message was edited by: Iain MacDonald1

Iain MacDonald1 wrote:
Hmm. Might it be easier/safer to create a new account and copy everything across?
If you just created the new OS, then you really don't have anything to lose. Change it just for the learning experience and if it does not work, you can reinstall.
Copying everything to a new account won't work.
There is a way to create a new account and transfer the old account files over to the new account, but again, it's not trivial.

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