[muglo] Re: changing the shortname

  • From: James Nyers <jnyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:57:01 -0400

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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