You can safely change the name of a partition/drive - it won't affect networking and will make life more interesting. ~ references your home directory. ~/Documents, for e.g., would refer to the Documents folder in your home directory as ~/Applications would be the Applications folder in your home directory, not your shared applications. The destination for ~ will change depending on who's logged in. / is the root level of your HD. Fire up your Terminal.app in /Applications and try typing the following: cd / pwd ls -F cd ~/Documents pwd ls -F cd ~/.. ls -F cd - change directory a la MS DOS pwd - print working directory ls -F - list files and lable Folders with a / Eric. >From: Garth Phillips <eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [muglo] Re: Brother Printer Problem >Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:48:21 -0400 > >Martin you can overwrite the name if you want... but be careful if it's >on a network... as the ~ is how the network recognizes the mac for >networking. > >Garth. > > >On 2004, Aug 29, , at 22:21, Martin Albinger wrote: > >Martin Albinger wrote: > > > ~/Applications/Utilities/ > > > >Oh the ~ means the name of your hard drive. > > >And now for something completely different! I find "Macintosh >HD" such a boring name. I know the machine is a Macintosh, I >know it has a hard drive - do I need to be reminded every time I >look at the icon. Something like "Bit Pusher" "The Woz Machine" >or how about "Fluffy" our now deceased hampster are much more >interesting! _________________________________________________________________ MSN® Calendar keeps you organized and takes the effort out of scheduling get-togethers. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/