I want to change my home directory/computer name

i want to change my home directory/computer name

How to change user account name or home directory name:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3872

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  • How can I change my "Home directory" folder name?

    Hello, everyone.
    I was given a pre-owned MacBook Pro that's running OS 10.6.8.  How can I change the name on the Home directory folder?  I was able to change the Administrator Account settings, but the Home directory still shows the previous owner's name.  It bothers me a bit, though, to see the previous owner's name still come up on the Home folder.
    I came across the instruction listed below, but I can't get past step 4.  It instructs me "rename it just like I would rename any folder."  I can't seem to rename it, though.  The cursor doesn't come up when I click on the folder name.
    For Mac OS X v10.5 or later
    Enable the root user.
    Log in as root.
    Navigate to the /Users folder.
    Select the Home folder with the short name you want to change, and rename it just like you would rename any folder. Keep in mind that the shortname must be all lowercase, with no spaces, and only contain letters.
    Use the Users & Groups pane (Accounts pane in Mac OS X v10.6.8 or earlier) in System Preferences to create a new user with the Account name or Short Name that you used in the previous step.
    Click OK when "A folder in the Users folder already has the name 'account name'. Would you like to use that folder as the Home folder for this user account?" appears. Note: This will correct the ownership of all files in the Home folder, and avoid permissions issues with the contents.
    Choose Log Out from the Apple menu.
    Log in as the newly created user. You should be able to access all of your original files (on the desktop, in Documents, and in the other folders of this Home).
    After verifying that your data is as expected, you can delete the original user account via the Users & Groups pane (Accounts pane in Mac OS X v10.6.8 or earlier).
    Disable the root user.
    Any help would be much appreciated.

    Hi everyone,
    I followed this https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3872
    and got to the stage of having renamed my Home folder with the new name but the Home folder is STILL designated to the old name?
    When I try and create a new user with the new name, I don't get asked if I'd like to use the existing name as Home folder, I get told I can't use the newname because it exists already - thats the end of it - no further options.
    So to clarify - I now have oldname folder STILL assigned as Home folder. A newname folder with all my stuff in - apps, desktop, etc etc but this is just another user folder.
    Interestingly at login stage, the oldname folder isn't an option. I think I've confused the system somewhere by titling things differently at some stage in an attempt to rename Home folder.
    I'm running Mountain Lion (as of yesterday) and because I've kinda lost the use of my User folder as the Home folder, can't get to my Time Machine. I'm in trouble but I'm trying not to panic. Would appreciate any help!
    Laurie

  • How to change users home directory home folder name?

    Is there a way in Mountain Lion to simply change the name of the home directory home folder name without it throwing off anything else for that particular user?
    I read the article about 'Enabling and using the "root" user', but it specifically says for 'Lion' and not 'Mountain Lion'
    When I get to step 8 there is no clear place to enter an adminstator account name and password so I can't go any further.
    I also did a quick test with a newly created user and after setting some preferences and customizing the desktop, I changed the home directory name and I pretty much lost all my preferences after logging back in. It's as if changing the home directory name in any way shape or form literally wipes out the previous user and you have to start anew.
    I don't want to risk changing the home directory name and end up losing essentially my whole user setup, but I really want a different name for my home directory and I don't want anything else to change. Is this possible?
    Thanks

    Hi Blastic,
    I'm trying to do the same thing.  I did follow Apple's instructions and while they are easy to follow.....I was unable to rename the folder as described  (clicking on it or pressing enter).  I did enable root user, I did log out and re-log in as root user.....and I got stopped.  I simply could not rename the folder as per Apple's instructions and ther is NOTHING on the internet about it......save for your beacon of light!  Thanks for the post.  I'm using 13 inch MacBookPro Mid 2010 2.4 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo, 8GB ram, OS 10.8

  • How do I change the "home based" computer for my IPOD to a new laptop?

    How do I change the "home based" computer for my IPOD to a new laptop?  When I plug in y IPOD classic, I get a msg asking me to erase the IPOD.  What I'd like to do is make the laptop my "home base" vs. my desktop.  I have had no success when using icons from ITUNES. 

    You need to move the iTunes library from your home computer to your new laptop first.  From there you'll be able to continue syncing your iPod as before.  This iTunes support article covers the different methods available for moving your iTunes library from one PC to another.
    iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
    B-rock

  • Change the home directory from terminal for another copy of the OS.

    Mac Mini OS X 10.8.1
    Main drive for OS Vertex 4 SSD
    Data on other Drive Seagate Goflex Thunderblot 3TB on a 1 TB Partition.
    Backup of both Main drive and Data drive on a 3rd drive.
    When i boot into the back it uses the data from the thunder bolt drive and not the data drive backup.
    If the orginial data drive ever became damaged and i need to point to the other data backup drive can this be done from terminal on another boot drive.
    let says Drive A is the OS X 10.8
    Drive B is the main data drive.
    Drive C has 2 partition C1 for OS X and C2 for Data backup.
    When booting from Drive C it gets its data from Drive B because its a clone of A.
    If drive B becomes dmaged I will not be able to boot from drive C. ( This has happend )
    With a Clean install on drive D I can boot. How can i use terminal to Tell Drive C1 to use data from C2 instead of Drive B?
    Hope I explained this well.

    Can you explain exactly what "the issue" is?
    You can use dscl from the command line to change a home directory (as described in this hint), but that still requires you to be using that startup volume. Hence, it is no different than using System Preferences. If System Preferences won't work for you, then dscl probably wouldn't either.

  • I want to change the transport directory

    Hello gurus,
    I want to change the tranport directory in all our systems. Please advise me how to do it.
    I really appreciate your help.
    Regards,
    N.S

    Hi N.S,
    How about :
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/d5/10b4496f0f11d2b41a006094b9ea64/frameset.htm
    is it common transport directory ?
    To change the common transport directory configuration, you can
    first go to transaction AL11 of one of your system, for example, PRD.
    Change the 'DIR_TRANS' parameter, so that it points to the directory that you want to change
    Then go to STMS, choose 'System Overview' button to display systems
    of your transport domain. Double click PRD, with 'Transport
    Tool' tab, click 'Display <-> Change' button, you can change the
    'transdir' value.
    Please make sure it is equal to the same configuration of 'DIR_TRANS'.
    Repeat the above steps on your other system. Make sure the configurations
    of 'transdir' and 'DIR_TRANS' are the same as that on the PRD system.
    cheers,
    Vincent

  • I want to delete my icloud-account from my iphone 5 and then register again, because I want to change my email-address/account name. What would be the steps to follow? How do I make sure I do not lose any information stored on/in my iphone 5?

    I want to delete my icloud-account from my iphone 5 and then register again, because I want to change my email-address/account name. What would be the steps to follow? How do I make sure I do not lose any information stored on/in my iphone 5?

    You would have to delete the existing iCloud account and create a wholly new one - you cannot change the @icloud.com email address of the one you already have.  To make a new one, you will also need an new AppleID as any AppleID can only have one iCloud account associated with it.
    Deleting the account will not delete anything off your device (if prompted for things like contacts, choose to keep them).  You will have to sync everything anew with the new account as you cannot move your sync'd content, your old backups or anything else from one iCloud account to another.  You will have to set up sync again and let it sync to the new account, and then make new backups to the new account as well.

  • Change username/home directory

    Hi,
         I want to change my username and home directory. My Mac was gifted to me and while setting it up for me, they mispelt my name. I have been using it that way for quite  some time, and now I want to change it. I am following this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428 and it seems quite easy.
    If I rename the home directory, will Time Machine back up all stuff in my home directory once again? My home directory is quite huge ~70% of my hard disk and so I will lose a lot of old back ups due to this. Any workarounds?
    Thanks.

    tartarsauce wrote:
    If I rename the home directory, will Time Machine back up all stuff in my home directory once again? My home directory is quite huge ~70% of my hard disk and so I will lose a lot of old back ups due to this. Any workarounds?
    Yes.  Time Machine will back up your home directory again.
    Your choices are:
    1) Leave the name as is, and you won't have to worry about the large back up for a while, or
    2) If you are out of space on your current backup disk, buy another external disk, rename the user and home directory on your Mac and start a new round of backups, keeping the old one around until you no longer need the files,
    3) Rename the home directory and let Time Machine delete the oldest of your backed up files as it runs out of disk space.
    Have I missed any?

  • I want to change my fullname and computer's name, but I can't

    I'm not talking about the name from '.local' I'm talking about the compter's full name stored here and the username. My parents bought me this and they just went out and put their names here without my permission and before I even got to use this! My dad's full name is here and my mom put her name as the username like -> (mom's name)2000 and I want to change them all so badly. Its not the same one as the sharing preferences, it's the full name and username for the home (Home, wheree the folders and files are placed). Do I have to restart this? Can I restart this? What do I have to do?

    Do you have the password for the Admin user?
    When you go to Apple menu / System Preferences / Users & Groups, can you unlock the padlock at the bottom of the pane?

  • Change My Home Directory Name to Match My Short Name

    Somewhere in the process of Migration and Setup Assistant accross 3 computers, I need to change my home folder name to match my shortname. It is getting a little confusing to have two short "names."
    My home folder is - admin
    My short name is - bobbyv
    I would like tho change my home folder to bobbyv
    The admin account as you can guess is root, i have two other accounts, one that is admin and one that is not. I know about the advanced options in the accounts preference pane, but I do not want to change in without knowing what I'm doing because I do not want to have an empty and clean new home folder, my data is important.
    Thanks everyone.

    Changing the short name is possible, but it is rather involved. Search for "change short name" on this site. It's easiest to create a new account and then transfer your data to that account.

  • I want to change my iPod mini's name!

    See subject. Have had a rethink, and now want to change the name of my iPod mini. But how? Nothing when I selected iPod Options... after right-clicking Hynzy's iPod mini (the name of my iPod mini) in iTunes 4.9 for Windows. Help me please!

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  • Terminal home screen/computer name

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you start Terminal shouldn't it show:
    Last login: <login date> on ttyp1
    Welcome to Darwin!
    <computer name>:~<shortname>$
    Mine does not show my computer name, instead it lists a string: "n2-213-113"
    What does this mean? (forgive me if it's nothing, but if I see something change from 'default', I flip out)

    That's the host name your ISP has given your computer. You should be able to change it by going to the /etc/hostconfig file and look for a line with HOSTNAME in it (might not exist by default}. Just change or add it and set it to your desired host name:
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  • Changing 'main' user and computer name

    Hi everybody!
    I got an older iBook from my sis. I'm trying to remove her stuff and clean it up a bit for my use. Is there a way to change the main user account so the computer isn't in her name anymore? I tried creating a new admin account, but I can't delete the first account. Also I can't change the computer name on the main log in screen. Any suggestions?
    I was thinking about bringing it in to a store. I'm sure they can do it quick fast in a hurry.
    cheers.

    Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
    Matt Clifton has given his suggestions here:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1076960
    You need to log out and log back in with the new account in order to delete the old one.
    (It really isn't necessary to delete the other account unless you need the hard drive space. You can simply choose to have it automatically log in to your account and not the old one.)
    To change the computer's name go to System Preferences > Sharing and change the computer's name there.

  • Datasocket change ip address to computer name

    Hi,
    When I write data on the network, the IP address appears inplace of the computer name.  I would like to have it where the computer names appears instead of the IP address.  When the URL is dstp://computername/channelname . But on the data server the IP address appears and no computer name.
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    Attached is an example of what I'd like to see on the Datasocket Diagonistic.  The funny part is that I am using the computer name for the URL of the datasocket read & write.
    Attachments:
    datasocket.gif ‏14 KB

  • Want to change billing date but computer says no

    My billing date for phone and broadband is the 6th of the month, with payment being taken around the 20th, which has been fine up until now. However my employer has now changed my salary payment date and I'd like to change the bolling date so that the payment isn't taken until after the 1st.
    Firstly, why is it seemingly impossible to email anyone to ask about this? All the "contact us" links just take you back to a phone number and I'm at work during the non-automated times so it's not easy for me to make a call.
    Anyway, make a call I did, spoke to somebody in the call centre, tried explaining the situation, but they only seemed to hear the "change billing date" part and didn't seem the least bit interested in the whys and wherefores, then it was just a case of "computer says no, is there anything else I can help you with"
    I can't see why this is such a big problem. It's not like I'm asking not to pay or anything, I know that the first bill after I changed dates would be higher, because it would cover an extra couple of weeks, but I don't see why it's beyond the realms of possibility to put the bill date a couple of weeks.
    I managed it with my mortgage, which is considerably higher than my BT bill
    A quick email to the mortgage company, had a letter back a couple of days later confirming the payment date had been changed and the first payment on the new date would be an extra £xxx to cover the difference, all sorted no problem. Why do BT make things so difficult?
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Try as I might, there seemed to be absolutely no option to change "whole bill direct debit" so I can't quite see how you can do it online, the only option I could see was to set up a DD, but I've already got one.
    Anyway, all sorted now, thanks to a 5 minute online chat. I'm now swtiched to a MPP, which is for give or take a few pence, exactly the same as my monthly bills have been and instead of my next payment being taken on the 20th of this month, it's now going to be taken on the 2nd of next month and every month thereafter, which is exactly what I wanted to do.
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