[muglo] Re: changing the shortname
- From: Lee Dickey <Lee@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:45:41 -0400
I can not go through all the steps right now, because my
time is limited. To create a new account, you must be logged
in to an account with "Admin" permissions. Open
System Preferences --> Accounts
The account to which you are logged in appears as "My Account".
Unlock the padlock in the lower left corner of the Accounts
screen. Click on "+". Follow your nose from there.
The one place you might have more troubles than others is with
Mail. You will have to figure out how to move the mail from one
account to another. I have not done this. Maybe the free application
that was mentioned earlier will do it for you, I do not know.
Good luck
On 2007 Jul 25, at 15:57, James Nyers wrote:
> Can you tell me exactly how to do this:
>
>> You can also create a new account, copy what you need to keep, and
>> then
>> delete the old one. Don't delete your only admin account.
>
> does not let me do it!
>
>
> THANX!
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On 25-Jul-07, at 12:28 PM, Lee Dickey wrote:
>
>>
>> On 2007 Jul 23, at 20:23, dplumley@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?
>>> story=20070719183238202#comments
>>
>>> If you ever want to change your short user name on purpose, Apple
>>> provides a
>>> solution -- at 40 steps, this is not something to undertake
>>> lightly. A
>>> much
>>> better solution, in my opinion, is ChangeShortName, a free program by
>>> Dan
>>> Frakes and James Bucanek.
>>> ( http://homepage.mac.com/frakes/ChangeShortName.html )
>>>
>>
>> Well, free is good. Thanks for the pointer to that.
>>
>> You can also create a new account, copy what you need to keep, and
>> then
>> delete the old one. Don't delete your only admin account.
>>
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