Restoring original short name

My user short name is z1. Somehow a second name was created (z1(2)). This has become the main user and the original now shows as a shared destination. What file do I restore to return to having just one user - z1?
Also, can time machine go forward or only back?

There is still only one user account called mb (admin). There is also a1 (sharing only) and test, which I only use for testing. In sharing, it was listed as z1 (computer name) which has changed to z1 (2). In the sidebar, where it lists "devices", "shared" and "places", z1 is now under "shared". I tried to include a screen shot but I can't. My connected G4, (computer name 'a1'), which was under "shared" has been replaced by the original z1. When I open the shared device it now shows the z1 desktop/dock but has all the 'a1' drives shown - no a1 desktop . Kind of a "Brundlefly" - it's genes are all mixed. The G4 is not backed up in time machine. Hope this clear.
What I meant by forward was - if i return to yesterday's state and don't like it, can I return to today's state? This only happened a few days ago. Just need to regress the "computer name" if I knew where it's kept.

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Botched short name change attempt has left me with no permissions! Help!

Early on, my MacBook Pro's hard drive ground to a halt and I had to fork out to get it restored. When it came back, my administrative account was no longer named "Will", but "macbookpro".
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This puts a massive hindrance on my use of this computer, and I don't want to edit permissions on each file as I need it and then discover the only solution is to completely restart!
Please, somebody help!

If anybody ever has a similar problem, here's how I solved it as best as I could:
http://www.macchampion.com/arbysoft/Welcome.html BatChmod is a tool for batch editing file permissions.
It fixed my Applications and Library, and I can now read and write to both folders.
I dragged solely the contents of Application Support from my backup over the existing Application Support folder within my user's library, and that restored a few, but not all, of my Application Preferences.

How can I change the "short name" of my account?

I want to change the short name of my account because when my dad bought this computer for me he set up the account with his name as the short name and it has been bothering me ever since.
When I go to system preferences and then accounts my account is listed and when I click on it under password I am able to change my name, but not my short name because it is greyed out and cannot be clicked. Is there any way to change the short name on my account? I can't even delete my account and make a new one because the account delete button is greyed out when I click on my account.
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Try this.
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John C., Please help if it's possible to restore the display name for Ken

John,
This is a personal private message, everyone else please ignore.
Dave Milbut has worked tirelessly trying to see if he could help me restore my user name as Ken Nielsen along with my little 5-letter password. I've only been able to log on here by making up a new moniker and password which was fortunate as most forums will not allow you to enter as a new user when you still have your old standard e-mail address. The process has been like swiss cheese: some things work, some have holes in them and are not really there (no cheese.)
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here's what i got:
(mostly cut and past from an e-mail to ken)
i tried logging in with "Ken Nielsen" & "[redacted pw]" and get:
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i clicked reset password... and get:
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We will send an email to the address associated with the ID.
Once you receive the email, click on the URL in the email. You will go to a web page to create a new password."
clicked SEND PASSWORD and get:
"Look in your email.
We have sent an email to the address associated with the ID. You will receive an email from Adobe in the next few minutes with instructions to reset your password. For security purposes, you must re-set your password within the next 24 hours.
If you don’t receive this email or if you have additional questions, please visit Customer Service for helpful tips, or to open a chat session during business hours.
For additional Acrobat Connect support click here."
ken says he has never changed the original pw, nor the email addy used associated w/the id (the same one we were communicating with). i asked him to double check his spam folder (it's a yahoo address). maybe john c. can check the ken id and make sure the email is correct so ken can reset his own pw? or can you - john - reset the pw for him?
any other questions, please let me know, i'm at aikodude at yahoo dot com, or post here or private message me.
ken, you might want to private message john with your yahoo email addy so he can update the id with the correct address, in case it got corrupted...
dave

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When I try and rename the files individually, I don't get an option to merely remove one of the 201401112 key strings, I get a series of checkboxes.
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I've hit a brick wall on this one. I'm working with a 2 year expert on this, but he couldn't figure out the problem.
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Exception Details.
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## Detail 0 ##
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     at com.evermind.server.http.HttpRequestHandler.run(HttpRequestHandler.java:106)
     at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.PooledExecutor$Worker.run(PooledExecutor.java:803)
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I think you have already been replied to, but to make things easier please check if your Jdeveloper files are in the following directory structure.
<company>.oracle.apps.<valid application short name>.<component>.server (or webui).
I think the application short name in one of your paths is not valid.
Regards
Sumit

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I have a friend that picked up a Mac mini with OS X 10.5.8 and one for the first things
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{Usually the problem occurs when a user changes the Short Name of the
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Or, if a user changes the name of their User Account, improperly, then the
account won't match the password and other issues will result; unless it
is fixed or the problem of changing the name incorrectly in the first place
is avoided; since there is a proper way to change the short name of the
computer (not that on the icon of the hard disk drive, btw) and a correct
way, a process, to change the user account name.
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change of the computer's Hard Disk Drive, at the icon on the desktop,
can be avoided by using Dock preferences to Hide the HDD so it will
not appear on the desktop at all. (Kids in schools change the HDD icon's
name frequently, when it is available and the computer not set up to
work under the Parental Controls or lower user account privilege access.)
+You can change the name of the Hard Disk Drive and that won't make+
+much difference; except in those cases where you have an Alias of the+
+original name, since it would no longer activate access to the Mac HD.+
I got over the urge to change the HDD name some time ago. However
if you partition the original hard disk drive so you have two icons on the
Desktop, you could have fair reason to change the names if you like.
(Just remember, if you make a clone, or do any complete computer drive
backup to some external device, the name change could affect the result.)
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matter in re-naming the hard disk drive; since Windows may require another
avenue into the means to rename that drive. And then, that may be a problem.
*You can change the Mac HD to any name.* In previous Mac OS (pre-x) versions
it was also common for users to change the hard drive icon to some other one,
and if they'd named the computer (a monster name, for example) a new image
for the icon could easily be applied through a copy-paste. In fact, that may still
be something one may be able to do, through a different agency in OS X.
And, when installing an all-new OS X, you can also change the name of the Mac HD
in Disk Utility, since the name is blank after choosing a partition scheme & reformat.
The real issue revolve around changing the computer's short name, and changing
the user's account name(s) since this is where problems begin that are harder to fix.
If the rules are followed in regard to these two, going into the situation, problems
are more readily avoided. I just don't change those things, since I'm too busy.
Good luck & happy computing!
{ edited 2x }

Change Administrator Short Name OSX

I bought a used 12" PowerBook G4. I have configured everything but I cannot change the original owner's Administrator Short Name. I did change the Administrator Account Name. Is there a simple way to change the Short Name? Can I go through the setup again without changing anything but the Short Name? Or is there a secret file somewhere which I can change?

Hi.
There is not a simple way to rename the Home folder. In fact if you try to rename your home folder from the Finder, you'll make a mess.
There's a cumbersome procedure to do it suggested by Apple.
There's also a little program called ChangeShortName.
Nevertheless, I suggest you to create a new account, and transfer all the files you want (documents, pictures, etc) to the new account. Remember anything you move to Users/Shared will be available to any user to copy/move.
Good Luck.

Short name changing

Hi everyone,
I've read quite a bit of the bumf on here about changing the short name. To be honest I thought it would be really simple to do, and now I'm concerned, as I setup an original machine and cloned/imaged it to another 15 (using super duper).
Each machine has 2 accounts, one Admin and one for Students (Managed properties).
Where I MIGHTbe lucky is: all the students are not supposed to save work to the local machine, they instead map to a local drive, and save their work in there
At the moment there is no work on the machines - they are virgin like in the sense that they are just setup. The only reason I want to change the short name is to be able to identify what jobs have been printed from what machine, in a fiery list.
So before leaving the office, I used the third party software: ChangeShortName v1.2, and tested it on one machine. All seems to be fine, all I had to do is change a few preferences in the design software to save to the 'new' desktop i.e. 'students_01' rather than just 'students'.
So now I plan on using this software on the remaining machines. So my question?
Ok - I know it's dangerous to do this procedure, but what/where should I be looking for potential problems? I am concerned that I may miss something and 3 weeks down the line all the machines will meltdown! heh
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Sorry for the ramble!
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lcukily we set up that website don't remember usernames and passowrds. In fact no process is to remember any username and password. The user MUST input their username and their password into anything requiring a login.
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Then login to the internet: dynamic user account and password. *NOT STORED ON THE MACHINE*
Login to their own network space: again, their own login account and password. *NOT STORED ON THE MACHINE*
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Audition - Restoring Original

Premiere Pro CC v7.2.1
Win7 Pro 64-bit
In Premiere, you have a clip which was edited via "Edit clip in Adobe Audition".
Premiere never changes the original clip, it creates a separate audio file which Premiere uses.
You later reopen the project in order to restore that clip to the original.
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Feature Request/Bug Report Form
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Please let me know if the following correctly summarizes the situation.
If it does, I hope you and others will also submit it. Thanks.
In the Premiere Pro CC v7.2.1 timeline, when you edit a clip via "Edit Clip in Adobe Audition",
Premiere never changes the original clip. It creates a separate audio WAV and PKF in the bin.
If you re-edit the clip, Audition creates a new WAV and PKF with "Audio Extracted" appended to the filename.
This leaves multiple WAV and PKF files for the same clip which is annoying.
If you later reopen the project in order to edit the original, there are issues.
In the timeline, if you select the audio part of the clip, the "Edit Original" is grey.
In the Project window, if you select one of the WAV files for the clip in the bin,
the "Edit Original" menu item for the clip does not edit the original - it opens Windows Media Player.
This Is A Bug. In the timeline, one should be able to select the audio, then select "Edit Original", and have it edit the original.
Also, it should delete all the previous multiple WAV and PKF files.
There Is Also A Major Feature Missing. One should be able to "Restore Original".
Specifically, in the timeline, one should be able to select the audio, then select "Restore Original", and have Premiere place the original audio back.
Premiere should also delete all the WAV and PKF files for the clip.

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