Do you capitalize your short user account name? (Are you OCD?)

[ziggyonice]

So when you setup an account on your Mac for the first time, it defaults to make your short user account name your first name (or sometimes email address). But for whatever ridiculous reason, Apple decided it would be better if this were lower-case!

This means that when opening a Finder window, your home folder is completely mismatched from every other item in the sidebar. So, are you someone like me — someone who changes this and capitalizes it before it's too late? Or am I just crazy?

 

[combat]

Appently they used my first and last... Why apple WHY!

 

[ergdegdeg]

I don't remember changing mine but it is capitalized.

 

[ian.maffett]

Absolutely, YES. I hated it when OS X did that the first time. I actually did a complete reinstall not knowing how to change it at the time.
That's just me...

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Do you capitalize your short user account name? (Are you OCD?)

Yes (No).

 

[GoCubsGo]

Spaz is that you?

And yes, I capitalized it.

 

[mslide]

Nope. I've always preferred that my user names, and for the most part directory names in general, be all lowercase. I actually never noticed that my finder's sidebar was 'wrong' until I read this thread.

 

[synth3tik]

well I used to, but apparently I forget with this last restore. Not that I'm OCD about it, it's just how I type my log in.

 

[ian.maffett]

Nope. I've always preferred that my user names, and for the most part directory names in general, be all lowercase. I actually never noticed that my finder's sidebar was 'wrong' until I read this thread.

...and it will now forever burden you. LoL.

 

[iMacmatician]

Nope. I've always preferred that my user names, and for the most part directory names in general, be all lowercase. I actually never noticed that my finder's sidebar was 'wrong' until I read this thread.

Same with me…although most of the time I am quite organized.

 

[macrem]

I did not capitalize because I am OCD about the username@machinename being all lowercase. It's a UNIX thing.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Apple doesn't make your short username lowercase. You have the opportunity to make it whatever you want.

Mine is capitalised, not because I'm obsessive, but because I capitalise names. It's one of those rules I learned in elementary school.

 

[ziggyonice]

Apple doesn't make your short username lowercase. You have the opportunity to make it whatever you want.

Yes, however they use a lower-case short name by default. Those who are new to the Mac (or don't know any better) will just accept this, only to discover that their Finder windows are now completely off.

 

[alphaod]

I don't capitalize; I don't even capitalize my computer name.

 

[tallguy]

Mine is but I'm sure I would end up doing something drastic to change it if that wasn't the case.

 

[Mew2468]

Yup. And I'm extremely OCD about everything to do with my MacBook Pro .

 

[J the Ninja]

YES! And the caps in the terminal won't bother you if you also use caps in your hostname....

Jasons-MacBook-Pro:~ Jason$

I can see why though, *nix tradition says short names are lower case...

 

[Jisuo]

Yes, however they use a lower-case short name by default. Those who are new to the Mac (or don't know any better) will just accept this, only to discover that their Finder windows are now completely off.

I laughed a little at "are now completely off". I didn't notice it was lowercase until I read this thread.

 

[Xavier]

How do you change this safely?

I went into Accounts under System Pref., and right clicked on my User. This gives me the option of changing it, but I am afraid to go ahead and do it.