What did you name your Mac Pro? [Archive]

operator207

Feb 4, 2008, 04:12 PM

I named my powerbook "Panic". I do not suggest doing this though, as looking through logs on that PB, you would see "Panic" all over the place. Made looking for an actual panic rather difficult. Also, it would freak out anyone looking at the logs up at work. They thought the laptop was panicing every few seconds because they would glance at the logs, and see panic all over the place.

I guess it was funnier (is that a word), when your there.

kittiyut

Feb 4, 2008, 04:14 PM

MacDonalds :rolleyes:

zorinlynx

Feb 4, 2008, 04:21 PM

My Mac Pro is named Meerclar, the name of the goddess of the cats in the fantasy novel "Tailchaser's Song".

This fits with my home Linux server, which is named "Hushpad", also from a character in that book.

The Macbook Pro is named "Nala" (from The Lion King) and the G4 at work is "Sarafina" (from same).

Yes, I like cats and cat-related media a *lot*! :)

mntbikejack

Feb 4, 2008, 04:28 PM

I named mine Mactopus.

DarthTreydor

Feb 4, 2008, 04:34 PM

Bertha

Shotglass

Feb 4, 2008, 04:39 PM

I name all my computers, but I use the codenames of their processors. Like my Apollo Mac mini or my Santa Rosa MBP.

mflender

Feb 4, 2008, 04:41 PM

"The Ocho" as it works on two levels, the whole 8 core thing plus a funny pop culture reference from the movie Dodgeball.

darthraige

Feb 4, 2008, 04:51 PM

Let's see. Never thought about naming the machine itself. The only things I name are the Hard Drives.

Bay 1 - Death Star
Bay 2 - Time Machine
Bay 3P1 - Windows XP
Bay 3P2 - Music & Stuff

Yup. That is as lame as it gets on my machine. :)

dontwalkhand

Feb 4, 2008, 04:54 PM

I name the hard drives as well Macintosh HD :D

eb6

Feb 4, 2008, 04:54 PM

deathshrub

Feb 4, 2008, 04:56 PM

In after furry.

I'm going to name the computer penryn and name the hard drives after letters of the greek alphabet.

kraftzwerg

Feb 4, 2008, 05:00 PM

MacDonalds :rolleyes:

lol ... I actually named mine "Big Mac"

Tallest Skil

Feb 4, 2008, 05:01 PM

I'll be naming my drives...

1. The Core
2Mac. The Duality
2Win. The G.U.I.L.T.

Oh, and my iPods are named in a similar manner, but that's irrelevant here...

ErikAndre

Feb 4, 2008, 06:09 PM

So begins the quest to find a name for my new Mac Pro... my laptop is "Lappy" and I just began the quest to name my Mac Pro (yep, i geeked myself out on this one)....

Gary

I'd be interested to hear how you came up with this name (?)

I named my powerbook "Panic". I do not suggest doing this though, as looking through logs on that PB, you would see "Panic" all over the place.

Ha... I evaluate systems, servers, etc... I know exactly what you mean. Not a bad name for a laptop though.

Bertha

I was thinking Bessie or Bertha for a while too.. hmm.. :rolleyes:

lol ... I actually named mine "Big Mac"

Ha..

Let's see. Never thought about naming the machine itself. The only things I name are the Hard Drives.

Bay 1 - Death Star...
I have a DeathStar too! And a HyperDrive. And my nano, R2D2.

Brilliant... Death Star... that has a nice ring to it.

Hmmm...

mackpro

Feb 4, 2008, 06:15 PM

I named mine Tim Sr.

darthraige

Feb 4, 2008, 06:16 PM

I have a DeathStar too! And a HyperDrive. And my nano, R2D2.

Awesome... Has anyone seen an actual Death Star icon? That would rock. I can't seem to track one down.

fluidedge

Feb 4, 2008, 06:28 PM

gareth gobblecoq

my hard drives are named homer, marge, bart, lisa and a jump drive called maggie

JesterJJZ

Feb 4, 2008, 07:12 PM

JZ Intel 2.66

big dainjerus

Feb 4, 2008, 07:13 PM

I'm thinking about naming mine big dainjerus, after myself. But that might be a little too presumptuous.

I'll probably just end up calling my ***** Lonnie.

TenFour

Feb 4, 2008, 07:15 PM

How about APOCALYPSE, because we all know its coming, we just don't know when!:D

Everythingisnt

Feb 4, 2008, 07:39 PM

Bertholdt.

No real reason, I just thought it was a cool name.

GoKyu

Feb 4, 2008, 07:55 PM

I always tend to name my machine after my gf, so my last couple of computers have been called Imelda :)

-Bryan

musicforme

Feb 4, 2008, 08:43 PM

Currently it is named "JWMACPRO". My first and last initials are JW, but I'm thinking about changing the name. Will changing the name affect anything in Time Machine?

We used to have a Unix box at work called "FUBAR". The server once had a problem over the weekend and hit the escalation report for Monday morning. The Senior Exec running the call wasn't too thrilled when he heard there was a server by that name on his production floor. The server was renamed within the week. :D

ill0gical0ne

Feb 4, 2008, 09:48 PM

my computer names are kind-of boring...

dvl-macpro
dvl-macbook
dvl-cluster-fe (cluster front-end)
dvl-cluster-n1 (cluster node 1)
dvl-cluster-n2 (cluster node 2)
dvl-cluster-n3 (cluster node 3)
dvl-cluster-n4 (cluster node 4)
dvl-cluster-n5 (cluster node 5)

rockinrocker

Feb 4, 2008, 09:58 PM

Awesome... Has anyone seen an actual Death Star icon? That would rock. I can't seem to track one down.

can't you just make one your self from a screen capture?

(btw, mine's called Butt Doctor and my macbooks called Butt Doctor Jr., 'cause i have a very mature sense of humor like that)

chinarider

Feb 4, 2008, 10:03 PM

kps

Feb 5, 2008, 01:15 PM

"Sulfur" (or "sulphur" or, usually, just "s"). All my devices that speak IP are named after elements, because it gives them natural abbreviations and makes manual DNS easier.

SilverL

Feb 5, 2008, 01:17 PM

Hydra.

8 cores...manh heads.... get it? :)

-hh

Feb 5, 2008, 01:28 PM

gareth gobblecoq

my hard drives are named homer, marge, bart, lisa and a jump drive called maggie

I used to do something like that, and had icons to match :)

I finally decided to go to a 'Logical' naming sequence for my desktop. And organic chemists (such as my college roommates) will immediately recognize my naming sequence that I've used on my 5th Mac:

Currently, its two internal drives are:

Pentene
Pentyne

If you're wondering, Pentane was the original 160GB drive it came with, which has been pulled and is in semi-retirement.

To follow form, my next desktop will start with the name of Hexane. Not sure yet what I'll do for a fourth drive name....maybe Hexanol? Although I do have to say that "Toluene" has a nice ring to it too.

-hh

rockinrocker

Feb 5, 2008, 01:34 PM

i was very creative when i named my drive.

they're A, B and C.

(though i did use some funny little icons)

seclusion

Feb 5, 2008, 01:42 PM

Is that before or after the crash?
;)
"The big Guy".

^squirrel^

Feb 5, 2008, 01:44 PM

My girlfriend calls it the "Spac"

Dark Dragoon

Feb 5, 2008, 01:55 PM

In line with my naming scheme my Mac Pro is called Chachamaru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chachamaru_Karakuri), all my computers IP addresses also follow the characters student number so my Mac Pro's ends with 10.

A few of my other devices are:
Airport Extreme = Sayo
Mac Mini = Ako
Nintendo Wii = Nodoka
iPhone = Haruna
Old PC Laptop = Makie

Soop53

Feb 5, 2008, 01:56 PM

I was thinking about HAL...like in "2001 Space Odyssey."

gallagb

Feb 5, 2008, 01:57 PM

lol ... I actually named mine "Big Mac"

as did i
but i think mine is BigMac (one word)

so odd

TFT

Feb 5, 2008, 02:00 PM

"Where are you?"

SilverL

Feb 5, 2008, 02:02 PM

I used to do something like that, and had icons to match :)

I finally decided to go to a 'Logical' naming sequence for my desktop. And organic chemists (such as my college roommates) will immediately recognize my naming sequence that I've used on my 5th Mac:

Currently, its two internal drives are:

Pentene
Pentyne

If you're wondering, Pentane was the original 160GB drive it came with, which has been pulled and is in semi-retirement.

To follow form, my next desktop will start with the name of Hexane. Not sure yet what I'll do for a fourth drive name....maybe Hexanol? Although I do have to say that "Toluene" has a nice ring to it too.

-hh

Nice to see another Chemistry geek here :)
Oh, and "ring", killed me! hahahaha

DaveGe

Feb 5, 2008, 02:22 PM

MacPro is ORAC and HDs are Arthur, Zen and Linus.

G4DP

Feb 5, 2008, 02:27 PM

Bertha

My old G4 was called Bertha, the new Mac Pro has been christened Ethel.

iBeard

Feb 5, 2008, 02:40 PM

I named mine Shagohod

Amethyst

Feb 5, 2008, 03:01 PM

mine is Enzo from Enzo Ferrari because it ti the fastest ferraris in the world.

Mac Pro - Enzo
MacBook Pro - Barchetta
My Custom PCs - Scagielletti
mac mini - Giulietta

fluidedge

Feb 5, 2008, 03:32 PM

I used to do something like that, and had icons to match :)

I finally decided to go to a 'Logical' naming sequence for my desktop. And organic chemists (such as my college roommates) will immediately recognize my naming sequence that I've used on my 5th Mac:

Currently, its two internal drives are:

Pentene
Pentyne

If you're wondering, Pentane was the original 160GB drive it came with, which has been pulled and is in semi-retirement.

To follow form, my next desktop will start with the name of Hexane. Not sure yet what I'll do for a fourth drive name....maybe Hexanol? Although I do have to say that "Toluene" has a nice ring to it too.

-hh

benzene too surely!

all those 'pent' drives are a bit similar aren't they - the point of naming them is to quickly identify which drive does what

homer = home
lisa = my brain box/workhorse = scratch drive
maggie = small
marge = clean and tidy = backup/time machine
bart = ...uuuh... = everything else (lol!)

KevinPlusPlus

Feb 6, 2008, 12:23 AM

I named my Mac Pro "Patience" because I was a very patient boy waiting months and months and months for the update... :D

(Yes, I really did name it Patience.)

GoKyu

Feb 6, 2008, 01:18 AM

mine is Enzo from Enzo Ferrari because it ti the fastest ferraris in the world.

Mac Pro - Enzo
MacBook Pro - Barchetta
My Custom PCs - Scagielletti
mac mini - Giulietta

Mmm...Barchetta - reminds me of an awesome car as well as an awesome band :)

-Bryan

eyecool

Feb 6, 2008, 01:27 AM

I named mine "Big Mac" too..

I remember when it first went on sale, I ran all over the place screaming "the Big Mac is here! The Big Mac is here!"

If I had known better, I would have been melancholic and sighed "the Big Mac ships by: Feb. 13 and delivers by: Feb. 19. =/

Mustard Chops

Feb 6, 2008, 07:35 AM

The Gibson :D

netdog

Feb 6, 2008, 07:36 AM

Prema

iBlue

Feb 6, 2008, 07:39 AM

yeah "Mac Pro Octo" but I lovingly refer to it as my Sexy Bitch.

netherfred

Feb 6, 2008, 07:56 AM

http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/details.php?id=1525

Here's some free Star Wars ones. No Death Star though...

Awesome... Has anyone seen an actual Death Star icon? That would rock. I can't seem to track one down.

Michael73

Feb 6, 2008, 09:05 AM

When I saw this thread I thought it was nuts but then I realized that while I had never named the machine, my 4 1/2 year-old already did. My son calls it simply, The Silver Box.

All I heard for nearly 2 weeks while the logicboard was being replaced was, "Daddy, where is the Silver Box?" "Daddy, when are we going to get the Silver Box back?"

BTW, every time he sees the side of the machine he asks, "Why did they put a fruit on the side of the Silver Box?" to which is 2 1/2 year-old brother says, "That's just silly!"

Welcome to my house ;)

bloomfeld

Feb 6, 2008, 09:11 AM

...i'll christen it's main drive "octopussy"

my current G5 dual's hard disk name is "doppelhertz" :D

computer name will be the same "AluMac", boring but proven.

ErikAndre

Feb 6, 2008, 09:24 AM

That put a smile on my face this morning... Have you renamed your Hard Drive to "The Silver Box" to apply that name or is it still "Hard Drive"?

When I saw this thread I thought it was nuts but then I realized that while I had never named the machine, my 4 1/2 year-old already did. My son calls it simply, The Silver Box.

All I heard for nearly 2 weeks while the logicboard was being replaced was, "Daddy, where is the Silver Box?" "Daddy, when are we going to get the Silver Box back?"

BTW, every time he sees the side of the machine he asks, "Why did they put a fruit on the side of the Silver Box?" to which is 2 1/2 year-old brother says, "That's just silly!"

Welcome to my house ;)

Reach

Feb 6, 2008, 09:25 AM

Godot..

That's the one on order now, with an 8800-card..

My other Macs that I currently have are called: Plato, Hobbes, Rawls, Schelling.

MrPDaddyHimself

Feb 6, 2008, 09:26 AM

Currently Named FedEx. Soon to be named Front Door Step. Followed by Some Assembly Required.

Michael73

Feb 6, 2008, 09:43 AM

That put a smile on my face this morning... Have you renamed your Hard Drive to "The Silver Box" to apply that name or is it still "Hard Drive"?

Dude, I am so bad at the whole naming convention. My drives are named:
Macintosh HD
Michael 1
Michael 2
Michael 3

The Mac HD is my boot drive with mostly just programs
Michael 3 is my Time Machine drive
Michael 1 & 2 are my "working drives" where most of my media and project files are stored.

eviltobz

Feb 6, 2008, 09:51 AM

i've always tended towards a transformery theme with my naming. the windows workgroup is cybertron and my airport hub thingy is moonbase 1. i recently decomissioned my old fileserver/bittorrent box which was called vector sigma, so that is the name my mac pro will be getting. although unicron is kinda temping too :)

oh, and my 3g ipod is called soundwave and my nano (before it died) was laserbeak.

i don't tend to muck with the drive names though.

splashtech

Feb 6, 2008, 10:05 AM

I havent got a Mac Pro but I couldnt resist this thread.

iMac: Aurora
MacBook: MacBook (yeah, original I know)
Old Windows PC: Apollo
Other old machines:
Proteus
Pegasus
Praxis
Prometheus

I dont bother naming the drives, only the machines themselves.

jrnewhouse

Feb 6, 2008, 10:35 AM

It's a little silly, but I'm just interested to see if any of you have named your Mac Pro with any type of nickname or handle. If so, what did you name it?

Like some others, I named my hard drives:

Mac system drive - R2D2
Expansion drive - Mac partition - C3PO
Expansion drive - Vista partition - Darth Vader

I have the requisite icons for each as well. :cool:

ErikAndre

Feb 6, 2008, 10:45 AM

You should rename your main "Macintosh HD" to "The Silver Box"... just an idea, but it would make it a tad more special to see it each time you navigate to your main HD.

Dude, I am so bad at the whole naming convention. My drives are named:
Macintosh HD
Michael 1
Michael 2
Michael 3

The Mac HD is my boot drive with mostly just programs
Michael 3 is my Time Machine drive
Michael 1 & 2 are my "working drives" where most of my media and project files are stored.

donharriss

Feb 6, 2008, 11:02 AM

Lara Croft… duh! ;)

Actually it's

Orbital 1
2
3
etc.

daveIT

Feb 6, 2008, 11:06 AM

"This MacPro Is A Pipe Bomb" :D

brasscat

Feb 6, 2008, 11:11 AM

Sir Thomas Abbernathy

GroundLoop

Feb 6, 2008, 11:14 AM

Once i get mine (damn 8800GT), it will be named Phlegethon.

Hickman

zdobson

Feb 6, 2008, 11:15 AM

I'd like to thank the OP for starting this thread. It made me realize there are people who are bigger nerds than I am. :D

GroundLoop

Feb 6, 2008, 11:17 AM

The Gibson :D

Love the "Hackers" reference. That was one of the most watched movies in our CS lab when I was in college ('94-'98).

"There is no right and wrong. There's only fun and boring."

Hickman

Ploki

Feb 6, 2008, 11:30 AM

gareth gobblecoq

my hard drives are named homer, marge, bart, lisa and a jump drive called maggie
lol, nice one

i don't name my computers. it'll get a name the second it gives me head and makes me coffee. till then...

bigbird

Feb 6, 2008, 11:30 AM

ErikAndre

Feb 6, 2008, 01:15 PM

I have to say this..... get a life and worry more about your RAM and HD configs than a stupid name for an inanimate machine. If you've got that much time on your hands get a hold of David Pogue's OS 10.5 Leopard, The Missing Manual. You'll learn a lot of VERY useful info about the Mac Pro's OS.

http://www.truewalk.com/vault/dot.gif

Um... Right... thanks for that.

I'd like to thank the OP for starting this thread. It made me realize there are people who are bigger nerds than I am. :D

Ha... not that MR has any nerds/geeks or anything. :rolleyes:

Sir Thomas Abbernathy

Are you serious... that's what you call your computer? Not too shabby. :D

dap1215

Feb 6, 2008, 01:27 PM

My girlfriend calls it the "Spac"

This thread is about what you named your Mac Pro. :D

mistercoffee2

Feb 6, 2008, 01:57 PM

New Mac Pro will be daedalus

iMac = pegasus
Win-Laptop = stargate
Vista Desktop = atlantis
XP Desktop = galactica (will retire when Pro arrives)

Cyberjenks

Feb 6, 2008, 04:06 PM

4rd Gen Ipod:Funky Snowball Express:XB Edition (It stays in my car):)
5th Gen Ipod:Bohdi

Mac Pro (E 08) Dr Oct

But after reading this thread.....Gibson....very nice;)

killmoms

Feb 6, 2008, 04:15 PM

My Mac Pro's name was "Velocity," and its hard drives were named after characters from Haibane Renmei (Rakka, Reki, Nemu, Kana, and Kuu... never got a Hikari). But I sold it. Now I have my MacBook Pro, which is named "Henrietta." Its hard drives are Rico, Elsa, Triela, and Claes. Guess the series? ;)

MacGuyver2

Feb 6, 2008, 04:27 PM

Black Thunder!

FastMan

Feb 6, 2008, 04:30 PM

with all the glitches I've been reading about, if it arrives 100 percent healthy I'm naming it LUCKY. ;)

Shinai

Feb 6, 2008, 04:47 PM

Given how over-specced mine will be for my needs (when it arrives), I've taken to calling it the WOPR...

siorai

Feb 6, 2008, 05:18 PM

I have to say this..... get a life and worry more about your RAM and HD configs than a stupid name for an inanimate machine. If you've got that much time on your hands get a hold of David Pogue's OS 10.5 Leopard, The Missing Manual. You'll learn a lot of VERY useful info about the Mac Pro's OS.

I think you might have some issues if you think coming up with a name for a computer takes up any amount of time even remotely equivalent to reading an OS manual.

In other words, stop being such grump, Mr. Grumpypants. :p

That being said, my Mac Pro is named Dagon. I <3 H.P. Lovecraft.

Mustard Chops

Feb 6, 2008, 05:40 PM

4rd Gen Ipod:Funky Snowball Express:XB Edition (It stays in my car):)
5th Gen Ipod:Bohdi

Mac Pro (E 08) Dr Oct

But after reading this thread.....Gibson....very nice;)

I can't believe I'm the only one who called a Mac Pro 'The Gibson' ;)

My MBP is called 'Crash Override' :cool:

Mustard Chops

Feb 6, 2008, 05:41 PM

Given how over-specced mine will be for my needs (when it arrives), I've taken to calling it the WOPR...

WarGames? Awesome...

ErikAndre

Feb 6, 2008, 11:29 PM

I can't believe I'm the only one who called a Mac Pro 'The Gibson' ;)

My MBP is called 'Crash Override' :cool:

Hmm... I'm actually considering that name... i'm between that and Death Star... still haven't made up my mind, though I do like "Silver Box" based from another user... still can't think up anything original though.

dcnblues

Feb 7, 2008, 12:34 AM

Mine will be, I think, Ancalagon.

Only Tolkien geeks will get the reference, but in the not too distant future, we're going to see a trailer featuring Smaug. And it'll be cool. Talking dragons are just... cool...

tugger

Feb 7, 2008, 02:37 AM

Meerkat. Fast and entertaining :D

My stock 2x2.8 quad arrived today. What a great machine. Breathtakingly quick ... and fun.

dipan

Feb 14, 2008, 03:39 PM

Should have been delivered today. I'll probably name it Doc Ock or Kraken ...

Dctape

Feb 14, 2008, 04:34 PM

"The Ocho" as it works on two levels, the whole 8 core thing plus a funny pop culture reference from the movie Dodgeball.

Yep! I'm absolutely stealing that idea! "The Ocho" for me as well!

-M

smogsy

Feb 14, 2008, 04:51 PM

macbook mapple

M - Macbook
A - Apple :P

jtblueberry

Feb 14, 2008, 04:51 PM

My G4 tower was called "King George the Fourth"
My G4 powerbook is called "George Junior"

I've been calling my new arrival "Octo-08"

Karpfish

Feb 14, 2008, 05:41 PM

When I had her, she was called Fish. She's gone now :(

Just sayin...

Feb 14, 2008, 05:53 PM

octobot

itou

Feb 15, 2008, 09:43 AM

octobot

fun post!
i am not alone. i named my powerbook maki-chan (for a girl) and the mac pro toshi-kun (for a boy). i decided since the powerbook is a lot older than the mac pro, she should come first. if you put the two together, it's maki-and-toshi. you have macintosh.

;)

urchinboy

Feb 15, 2008, 10:05 AM

I'm currently calling mine

"Nevergoingtoarrive"

Wild-Bill

Feb 15, 2008, 11:00 AM

Should be called "Narcoleptic", as in, it tends to not want to wake from sleep..... Or maybe "Ras", as in Reboot After Sleep

Verist

Feb 15, 2008, 12:14 PM

I have to say this..... get a life and worry more about your RAM and HD configs than a stupid name for an inanimate machine. If you've got that much time on your hands get a hold of David Pogue's OS 10.5 Leopard, The Missing Manual. You'll learn a lot of VERY useful info about the Mac Pro's OS.

Get a life? Don't you think that is a bit harsh? Nothing wrong with spending a few seconds renaming hard drives to make it easier to remember what is stored on them. That being said, I "wasted" time naming my HD's a after anime themes.. Magi, for the supercomputer from Evangelion. SDF-1, the ship from Macross/Robotech, and the Yamato, used in numerous anime and a real life WWII Battleship.

santaliqueur

Feb 15, 2008, 12:23 PM

As a combination of my quad-core Mac Pro, and the best rock album of all time, I named mine "Quadprophenia".

On an unrelated naming scheme, my volumes are named: Fry, Professor, Amy, and Calculon.

LeKiD

Feb 15, 2008, 12:23 PM

Whenever I get it... it will be Thunderbird!

Ol!ver

Feb 15, 2008, 07:15 PM

Mac n00b here: how do you change the name of the machine?

Cheers

firestarter

Feb 15, 2008, 07:18 PM

Should be called "Narcoleptic", as in, it tends to not want to wake from sleep..... Or maybe "Ras", as in Reboot After Sleep

I was thinking of calling mine Snow White for the same reason.

My three drives are called Clean, Crunch and Overdrive :)

smirking

Feb 15, 2008, 08:19 PM

My mac has always been named "Magic8" as in Magic 8-ball. My upcoming Mac Pro will be Magic8 VI.

sourcery

Feb 15, 2008, 08:24 PM

Cthulhu

obilix

Feb 15, 2008, 08:38 PM

Mac n00b here: how do you change the name of the machine?

Ah, tis a pain in the butt to find that info!

First, the easy part: You change your share name:
System_Preferences->Sharing
Enter your the name in the "Computer Name:" box.

Second, from the command line (open Terminal)
sudo scutil --set HostName <FULL NAME OF SYSTEM>

eg:
sudo scutil --set myComputer.MyDomain.COM

hope that helps

obilix

Feb 15, 2008, 08:39 PM

Oh ya, my MP's name is: Destiny

My MBP is Schmirnov (named from one of Zelazny's Dragons)
And my old PowerBook is called Mouse

Ol!ver

Feb 16, 2008, 05:23 AM

Ah, tis a pain in the butt to find that info!

First, the easy part: You change your share name:
System_Preferences->Sharing
Enter your the name in the "Computer Name:" box.

Second, from the command line (open Terminal)
sudo scutil --set HostName <FULL NAME OF SYSTEM>

eg:
sudo scutil --set myComputer.MyDomain.COM

hope that helps

Got another example? It's early here and for some reason I'm not following the Terminal part. :o

darkpaw

Feb 16, 2008, 07:02 AM

PM G5 Dual 2.5GHz: Chaotica - I think it's from a cr*p episode of ST:Voyager. Something like "Bride of Chaotica"?
iMac G3 Blue Dalmation: Serenity - I watched the film while I was installing Tiger on there.
iPod touch 16GB: Monty - Python :)
iPod nano 2G 8GB black: Katzenjammer - named after Fran from Black Books (UK comedy series, very funny).
MBP 17" C2D 2.6GHz: Firefish - Erm... I really don't know why I called it that.

New Mac Pro will be: Woz, an homage.

Hard drives are all named something functional, like "Data", "Projects", "Games" etc. (I can remember pi to 100dp but I couldn't remember if "Bart" had my pictures on it, or if "Maggie" had them!)

Topper

Feb 16, 2008, 09:13 AM

It's called:
Big Mac
and
Mac 1
Mac 2
Mac 3
Mac 4
Mac 5
and Mac 6

Ol!ver

Feb 16, 2008, 09:15 AM

It's called:
Mac 1
Mac 2
Mac 3
Mac 4
Mac 5
and Mac 6

What are you going to call the next one? ;)

Topper

Feb 16, 2008, 09:21 AM

What are you going to call the next one? ;)

I can go all the way to Mac 21 if I have to. :)

kakace

Feb 16, 2008, 10:00 AM

Mac Pro : whisper
G4 MDD : blower
PB G4 : turbine

The reasons are obvious :rolleyes:

Play4keeps

Feb 16, 2008, 11:40 PM

The Silver Surfer:apple:

obilix

Feb 17, 2008, 02:08 AM

Got another example? It's early here and for some reason I'm not following the Terminal part. :o

Ol!ver,

Bring up the terminal program from Applications->Utilities
The shell should look like:
Last login: Sat Feb 16 18:45:16 on ttys003
destiny:~ luis$
From there just enter:
Last login: Sat Feb 16 18:45:16 on ttys003
destiny:~ luis$ sudo scutil --set HostName grannysmith.MyDomain.Dyndns.NET
when you start another terminal (CMD-N), the hostname should have changed
Last login: Sat Feb 16 22:51:42 on ttys005
grannysmith:~ luis$

If you don't have a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) then just use your computer name in the command above.

Last login: Sat Feb 16 18:45:16 on ttys003
destiny:~ luis$ sudo scutil --set HostName grannysmith

Charzipan

Feb 17, 2008, 02:41 AM

Marvin for my future MBP. After the depressed robot in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Jaymz

Feb 17, 2008, 03:44 AM

I used to name all my PCs with names from Greek and Roman history/mythology. However, I decided to stop doing this after:

A system named "Prometheus" had the retaining clips for its heatsink break, and slowly cooked itself to death.
A system named "Heracles" became so ridiculously unstable, that it'd crash if you looked at it funny.

And so on, and so forth. It seemed that I was either cursed with having a system that either lived up to it's name far too well, or would ironically be completely opposite to what it's name would suggest. Fate has a horrible sense of humour, in my case.

So I decided to take a different route, and started naming my machines after anime characters.

The iMac is Kagami (Lucky Star).
The Mac Pro is Isako (Dennou Coil).
The MacBook is Sakura (Card Captor Sakura).
The Mac mini/HTPC is Arturia mini (aka Saber, Fate/stay Night).
And finally, the fileserver - which is mostly used for storing anime, is Konata (Lucky Star).