Resolved Used Migration Assistant, now my new Mac Mini has my old Mac's name (“iMac”)

[Anais Ninja]

Sorry, I had a hard time summarizing this problem in the thread title.

I recently purchased a new M2 Mac Mini. I transferred my user account from my 2019 iMac, using Migration Assistant (from a Time Machine drive backup).

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The process worked perfectly. However, this transfer retained the name of my old iMac.

For example, when I use AirDrop from my iPhone, my Mac Mini appears as “Bryan's iMac”... not Bryan's Mac Mini.

In Terminal.app, my prompt says “Bryans-iMac”... not Bryans-Mac-Mini.

It happens elsewhere, I just can't recall where at the moment.

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I know this is hardly the worst Mac problem a person can have, but I'd like to fix it if possible.

Is there any way to make my Mac Mini stop identifying as an “iMac”?

 

[chown33]

See here:

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.

support.apple.com

 

[Anais Ninja]

Thanks so much, chown33! That worked perfectly!

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Yep - the name is just a name. You can name your Mac mini "iPad Pro" and your iMac "PowerBook G5" if you want. Has nothing to do with hardware.