Macintosh HD Accidentally Renamed--Help

[sgmorr]

I am helping a friend trouble shoot a MacBook Pro running Leopard. The name of the Macintosh HD has somehow been changed to a tiny little circle with an "x" it. I think this may have been done accidentally, but I also would like to eliminate the possibility that it indicates some sort of problem. Of course I know how to highlight the icon and select the naming area and just rename it, bit does anyone know if the little circle with the "x" means anything other than someone just accidentally renamed the Macintosh HD somehow? Thanks.

[Intell]

I think it was just accidentally renamed. Renaming the hard drive has no bad effects on a Mac.

[rprebel]

Like this? Ⓧ

[sgmorr]

Originally Posted by rprebel

Like this? Ⓧ

Yes, that's it, although very small. I've never seen that symbol before so that's why it concerned me.

[sgmorr]

Originally Posted by Intell

I think it was just accidentally renamed. Renaming the hard drive has no bad effects on a Mac.

Thanks for that info. I suppose I can safely rename it.

[rprebel]

Originally Posted by sgmorr

Yes, that's it, although very small. I've never seen that symbol before so that's why it concerned me.

It's nothing to worry about. Open the character viewer and look at the "Enclosed Letters" section.

[sgmorr]

I forgot how to get to the character viewer. Thanks.

[kylepro88]

I just renamed my main HD on accident and now TM doesn't work...even after renaming the main HD back to what it was. Repaired permissions. Nothing...any ideas?

[Drew017]

Originally Posted by sgmorr

I forgot how to get to the character viewer. Thanks.

Edit Menu, Special Characters

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Just rename your HD back to what it was before just like you rename a regular folder

[simsaladimbamba]

Originally Posted by kylepro88

I just renamed my main HD on accident and now TM doesn't work...even after renaming the main HD back to what it was. Repaired permissions. Nothing...any ideas?

In what way does TM do not work? Is there any kind of error message?

[kylepro88]

Originally Posted by simsaladimbamba

In what way does TM do not work? Is there any kind of error message?

"This backup is too large for the backup disk. The backup requires 575.29 GB but only 515.01 GB are available.

Latest successful backup: Yesterday, 11:30 AM"

Basically after accidentally renaming main HD while cleaning keyboard and naming it back right after...TM now wants to try and backup the entire drive instead of continuing with its incremental backups. I've never had this issue before. It wants to make a complete backup of the whole drive as it stands....as if it's new.