How to rename user on Macbook pro using Mountain Lion
I renamed the name in "Users and Groups" under system preferences to my name (Bryan) , but somehow the user is still named after the previous owner (David). It won't let me rename it even after I type in the administrator password and click the unlock thing on the bottom left. See pictures.
"David" is still the user name, and it won't let me rename it. Where it says "David" I thought it should say Bryan?!
Basically, somehow when I login to "Bryan" it takes me to "David". It's REALLY annoying me. If I could rename "David" to Bryan, and move all my stuff in there I would be happy, but I can't rename it. "David" has all my programs for some reason, and "Bryan" has all my files.
As you can see, I'm logged into Bryan. However, I'm actually with all of "David"'s files. "David doesn't whos up in users and groups as you can see.
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