It’s a long story, but i had to restore my computer from Time Machine after using El Capitan. When I restored it, i tried to reformat the hard drive and ended up having a different hard name and user name than I did before. Is it safe to rename my hard drive and user name on my mac now?
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Different user and hard drive names & Time Machine
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You can safely rename your volume like any other file using Finder.
If you change the user name, I recommend only changing the full name field in advanced options of Users & Groups, unless you are more familiar with the advanced options section. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201548
If you change the user name, I recommend only changing the full name field in advanced options of Users & Groups, unless you are more familiar with the advanced options section. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201548