
How do I change the owner's name on my Mac?Hopefully you can help me. i was in a divorce and the name of my laptop is x y's computer. I have a white apple laptop running os x. unfortunately, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to change it so i won't be reminded that i was married everytime i go to log into my computer or when i poke around my computer... thanks for your help That's a good question, and certainly one that I can see is going to be important to you! :-) As far as I can tell, the main place to change the system name is in the Sharing section of System Preferences. If you look at that area (by the way, you can get to "System Preferences" off the Apple menu) you'll see the key field on the top of the window: ![]() Change that and close the window and you should change the computer name. There's a second area, however, that you need to address, and that's the name of the default logged in user: it's quite possible that is your ex's name. Not good. So in this case, go back into "System Preferences" and choose "Accounts" this time: ![]() You'll want to set yourself up as an admin account if you don't already have that, and you can also click on the "Login Options" and change it so that it's your account that's the default login account when you start up the computer. If you just have a regular user account, I would suggest you set up a second account that's an admin account. Anyway, between these two areas, you should be able to purge your computer of their identity and finally have it all to yourself!
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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. Hi Dave, I recently married and changed my name but my Apple dseems not to realize that. I have changed my name in the Sharing section and under Accounts, but it still seems to think my maiden name is the primary name. For example, I recently set up a secondary account on my .mac email and it automatically filled it in as my maiden name. It took me two weeks to realize! And when I fill in forms on web sites, it automatically fills them in with my maiden name too. Any advice? Thank you! Amanda Posted by: Amanda Baltazar at August 17, 2007 2:14 PM@Amanda Here's a related question - I want to change my user "home" address. I was too quick with the OK and now the computer thinks my home is in Washington. Also, if I move...you get the idea. Any thoughts? Posted by: Joe at December 3, 2007 3:27 PMThanks to you for answering my own question, and to Google for helping me find this webpage! I'm setting up an old G4 to try to sell, and didn't know how to get my name off of the thing. Posted by: Don Coplen at January 20, 2008 10:07 AMI have a lot to say, but ...
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