How do I change the admin user name?
After a recent crash on my Macbook, the local repair store reinstalled Leopard on it for me, and did all the preliminary setup. Unfortunately, they misspelled my name, and so my "Home" folder in Finder has my name misspelled on it. I can't rename it directly (It says it can't be modified because Mac OS depends on it).
Is there some other indirect way to correct the spelling (like through terminal or similar) , or is my only option creating another user name and moving all my files to it?
Thanks in advance,
Peavy
See the following: Macworld | Changing the short username in Leopard.
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