Firewire transfer

Firewire transfer
Posted: Dec 9, 2006 3:10 PM
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I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 15 inch after having had an iBookG4 for some time. I have had minimal prolems with the G4.
I transferred everyting over to the MacBook pro without any problems and started on the updates when it crashed and was in for repair right out of the box. It required a new Logic board. I have it back after 2 weeks and having it crash right out of the box I didn't previously see that on System Profiler that while all the hardware and software etc is all correct, the title still says that it is my iBook G4 and not the MacBook Pro.
I have called support and reloaded the operating disk,rebooted in "Safe mode" nothing has corrected the title.
Support does not know how to fix it.
Has anyone else run into this and is there a fix?
Thank you.
Macbook Pro 15inch Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Try going into System Preferences --> Sharing. At the top of the Sharing window there is a place you can edit your computer's name. If you do file sharing, you'll need to deselect file sharing and then turn it back on after editing the computer's name.

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