People wind up with a new name, often one that better reflects who they are or have become, for all sorts of reasons. macOS can keep up with the name you use, so you aren't staring at your past identity indefinitely. It's not obvious, but you don't have to dig into the guts of macOS, either. Just take care to follow steps carefully.
Dec 10, 2020 Advanced Options for a user account lets you change the account's display name (Full name) and path to the user's directory. This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted. Those Without Names Eight has a name, a real name. The problem is she can't remember it. The people around her don't remember theirs either. The OS that Apple changed the name from Mac OS X to macOS Available to end users on September 20, 2016, macOS 10.12 Sierra heralded the introduction of Siri on Mac, bringing Apple's digital. AirDrop makes sharing files between Mac and iOS or iPadOS devices simple. With just a few clicks on your Mac, you can take a file from any folder and use AirDrop to send it to a nearby Mac, iPhone, or iPad. And since AirDrop is peer to peer, it works without a Wi-Fi network. With macOS Catalina and many recent macOS - the built in tools guide everyone how to reset admin permissions without needing any of the single user mode boot tricks of old (left at the bottom for posterity and people running OS that were shipped before 2015).
There are a couple of requirements: Tomato soup for the heart mac os.
- You can't change the name of an account while logged into the account you're changing, so you have to have least two accounts on the Mac.
- You must have administrative access from the account you log into to change the other account's full name.
Dec 10, 2020 Advanced Options for a user account lets you change the account's display name (Full name) and path to the user's directory. This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted. Those Without Names Eight has a name, a real name. The problem is she can't remember it. The people around her don't remember theirs either. The OS that Apple changed the name from Mac OS X to macOS Available to end users on September 20, 2016, macOS 10.12 Sierra heralded the introduction of Siri on Mac, bringing Apple's digital. AirDrop makes sharing files between Mac and iOS or iPadOS devices simple. With just a few clicks on your Mac, you can take a file from any folder and use AirDrop to send it to a nearby Mac, iPhone, or iPad. And since AirDrop is peer to peer, it works without a Wi-Fi network. With macOS Catalina and many recent macOS - the built in tools guide everyone how to reset admin permissions without needing any of the single user mode boot tricks of old (left at the bottom for posterity and people running OS that were shipped before 2015).
There are a couple of requirements: Tomato soup for the heart mac os.
- You can't change the name of an account while logged into the account you're changing, so you have to have least two accounts on the Mac.
- You must have administrative access from the account you log into to change the other account's full name.
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It's easy to set up a new account in macOS:
- Open the Users & Groups preference pane.
- Click the lock icon at the lower-left corner and authenticate yourself.
- Click the + (plus sign) at the lower-left corner to add an account.
- Fill out details, but be sure to choose Administrator from the New Account pop-up menu.
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With an existing account you want to elevate to an administrator:
- Open the Users & Groups preference pane.
- Click the lock icon at the lower-left corner and authenticate yourself.
- Select the account in the list at left.
- Check the box 'Allow the user to administer this computer.'
- macOS notes that you have to restart your Mac for that to take effect; do so.
Once logged into a different account than the one you're changing and out of the account you're changing (if you have fast-user switching enabled), you can proceed.
If you want to change the folder name in the Users directory for your account, start by following these steps; it's optional:
- If you're sharing that user directory, start in the Sharing preference pane, select the File Sharing item in the left-hand menu, click the shared folder in Shared Folders, and click the – (minus sign) to remove it.
- Now, in the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder and type in
/Users/
and click Go. - Rename the account folder without any spaces.
- Enter the current account's password when prompted.
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Now you can proceed to the account's full name. (Warning! Changing any other item than those noted in these steps could cause problems.)
- Open the Users & Groups preference pane.
- Click the lock icon at the lower-left corner and authenticate yourself.
- Control-click the account name to change and select Advanced Options.
- Carefully change the 'Full name' field.
- If you changed the Users directory for the account above, change the 'Home directory' field to exactly match what you entered after
/Users/
(you can also click Choose and navigate to the new folder to avoid having to type it in). - Click OK.
- Restart the Mac.
- Log into your account, which should now show the updated name.
This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Moon.
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