How to change the name of my Home Folder

I'm just wondering how I could change the name of my personal home folder which is associated with my username. I heard that there's a script I can download or something.

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.
Good luck! AND BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!

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I was completing a form and i noticed that it was commenting in a name that i have never used on this computer. did a little digging and discovered that this name is the name of my "Home" folder. The name is my wife's late husband's name!!!! LoL I have absolutely no idea how that possibly could have become the name of my computer since I have never used that name!!!! Well for some reason I can find absolutely no way to change it. Geez folks, did I somehow stumble in the Microsoft world? I thought Macs were easy! LoL. The name of my computer is correct. Now how do I change the name of my "home" folder, whatever the f**** that is????
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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.
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okay... ive joined a file sharing network called SolarSeek which i used on my PC as Soulseek and im trying to set up an upload folder for people to download from me. my girl did the initial setup on the Mac and put my whole name in it so when i add the folder to SolarSeek it shows my whole name - /User/myname/Music. i really dont want my full name displayed, id rather use an alias. ive changed my name throught the system but my home folder still shows my full name. is there in way around this?

First, ya need to create a whole new account for yourself by going to System Preferences > Accounts. Set it up the way you like it then click the Apple and choose Log Off. Log into that new account and open the Macintosh HD from the desktop, then open Users. Drag the folder with your full name to your desktop; it will ask for your password to do this. Then all is needed is to put the subfolders into their rightful place and all should be back to how it was in your original account!

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Congratulations on getting married!
There's a method described [here|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428]. Bascially it involves logging in as the "root" user and making a new home folder with the name you want and then creating a new user with the name of that new folder.
Make sure you backup your data before doing this.
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dawglover wrote:
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