How to Change Short name OS X User Account

Joe — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:58:09 +0000

Everybody knows changing the long name is just a walk in a park. Just typing a new name in System Preferences > Accounts. However, short name isn’t quite the same. I have seen some of my friends just brutally try to change that by renaming the folder and the whole system went sideways. Consequently, had to reinstall the whole system.

From what i’ve discovered, in order to change the short name, there are two ways to do it. One is to create a new account and transfering all the previous system data into the new created account. For example, create a new desire user name and then copy the old user’s Home directory contents into that of the new user account. Read more how to proceed in step-by-step from Apple

Another way to change the short name is for more advanced user which involves a lot of command code typing in the Unix terminal. However, typing is all you need to do. You don’t need to transfer anything with this method. Fortunately, there’s a little cool software that can manage this task for you. Just go to: http://www.danfrakes.com/ Don’t worry, it’s totally free.

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How to Change Short name OS X User Account