Change home space user name?

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  1. JosephDuffy, Jan 6, 2010

    JosephDuffy macrumors regular

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    #1
    Hey,
    I've got my current name as "JoeDuffy" (As seen here: http://grab.by/1A17). My username/login ETC is "JosephDuffy"/"Joseph Duffy". I'd like to change my home area name to "JosephDuffy", is this at all possible? It's just when using my Contact Card, it never finds me, and creates a new card, a tad annoying, it's also just inconsistency, and I have a bit of a Mac OCD about it :)
    Thanks
    Joseph Duffy
     
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  2. angelwatt, Jan 6, 2010

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    #2
    Be sure to be cautious on this as it could result in you needing to reinstall.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428

    Also, you can go into Address Book and change your info there if that's what you're referring to about the contact card.
     
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  3. Tumbleweed666, Jan 7, 2010

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    There are a ton of messages here about the issues people run into when they do this, so I wouldn't advise changing it, and if you do, take a ton of backups.

    If you can live with it, do so, if not, it might be much easier to create a whole new user JosephDuffy and then copy the joeduffy files over to it.
     
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