Husband bought me a new Macbook Air but everything on the computer is in his name even though I'm signed w/ my Apple ID
My husband bought a new Macbook Air from Best Buy for me as a gift. While everything is great, I am having an issue with everything being under his name. I've linked it to my Apple ID and signed into my iCloud but whenever I turn on the MBA and login his name appears. Same with emails. Whenever I send an email from my account, his name appears in the name section. I tried replacing his name with mine but it just keeps coming back.
He thinks that since he used his Best Buy rewards card, they somehow registered the laptop under his name though I'm not sure if this is possible, or why they'd even do that in situations like this where the MBA is a gift for someone else.
I'd appreciate any help.
thanks in advance
Ok, then do the same thing as before, EXCEPT do not click accounts, but click preferences under "messages". Then click accounts and disable the one you don't want.
Here is what I mean.
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