<?> change mac hard drive(?) "name(?)"

[redAPPLE]

hi.

the solution might be a simple one, so if that is the case, sorry.

is there a way to change the name "unknown-macaddress-Mac" to something else?

if this post is in the wrong place, please point me to the right one.

thank you.

 

[chown33]

In the Terminal shell window, that's your computer's hostname, not your Mac's hard-drive name.

How to change it may depend on your OS version. Which OS version is this on?

Change your computer’s name or local hostname on Mac

The computer name and local hostname of your Mac are displayed on your local network so others on the network can connect to your Mac.

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After you change the computer name, you'll probably need to close & reopen the Terminal window, so there's a new shell that reads the new hostname.

FWIW, the shell command to print the hostname is hostname.