Changing Username

[ktalebian]

Hi All,

I just got a new mac and when i was setting it up, i miss typed my username (well to be honest, this is not my mac, its a friends and i am setting it up! So i missed type their username).

I changed the username of the account from the control panel.

I now want to change the user directory name. Can i just change it like any other directory?

And finally, when u want to install something the security warning that comes up and asks for your password, also has the name miss typed. So how do I also change that?

Thanks

 

[xUKHCx]

It is a bit of a faff but there are a series of steps that you can follow on this apple knowledge base article

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428

Think that should cover it. If not or you need any help feel free to post again.

 

[maflynn]

Why not create a new account with the desired short name?