[muglo] Re: machine name

  • From: Dean Danis <dean_danis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:48:35 -0500

Hello Theresa,

From your system profile what do these items say under the Hardware Overview 
section?

Model Name:    
  Model Identifier:    
  Processor Name:   
  Processor Speed:    
  Number Of Processors:    


Dean Danis 
519-494-8639
90 Caprice Cr.

London Ontario

N5V 3M2





> From: theresaroth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [muglo] Re: machine name
> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:31:31 -0500
> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Thank you.
> My name was correct all along in the accounts section. I have now  
> changed the machine name and it has also changed what I read across  
> the top of System Profiler but not what it says for machine name  
> under hardware.

> However, under hardware overview its still reads;
> 
>    Machine Name:      Power Mac G3 (PCI graphics)
> 
> So . . . do I have a G3 or a G4?
> 
> Theresa
> 
> 
> 

> 
> 
> 
> On 7-Jan-09, at 11:20 AM, Gerhard Kuhn wrote:
> 
> Hi Theresa
> You will find both in System Preferences.
> 
> User Name Click on Accounts and the there is a space to type in the
> name, you might have to click on the lock on the bottom to edit this
> info.
> 
> Machine name click on sharing and you will find a field were you can
> edit the machine's name.
> 

> Gerhard
> gerhardk@xxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> On 7-Jan-09, at 8:11 AM, Theresa Roth wrote:
> >
> > 1.  Is the machine name something I can change or is it set
> > automatically? The System profiler has "Power Mac G3 (PCI Graphics)"
> > listed for Machine name but has "PowerPC G4 (2.6) listed as CPU type.
> > I was under the impression I bought a G4 [that's what it was labeled
> > as]. I'm asking for clarification here.
> 

> >
> > 2.  My name shows up correctly under Accounts in System Preferences
> > but across the top of System Profiler it says, "Teresa Roth's Power
> > Mac G3 (PCI Graphics)". Again, there's the G3 plus my name is spelled
> > wrong [which may have been the place I bought it as I never entered
> > that data anywhere".  How do I edit my name here?
> 
> 
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