Brilliant - thanks for the advice Ed and Benjamin. I think I've done it now and it seems to work okay. I think!
On 19 Jan, 19:19, Benjamin Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John > > You can avoid root by doing this... > > http://mmug.org.uk/content/changing-account-name-mac-os-x-106 > > Cheers > B. > > 2010/1/19 John <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > Hi > > > My wife has an intel based iMac running Snow Leopard. When I > > originally set the software up I used my name rather than hers for the > > home folder. Big mistake! > > > I have been trying to work out how to change the name and googled > > ‘Snow Leopard rename home folder’ which returned, among other things, > > a link to an Apple Support article at:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428 > > > This all looks straightforward once you have logged in as the root > > user. Another article athttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT1528explains > > how to do this. Only problem is, Directory Utility doesn’t appear to > > exist the machine. It should be in Applications/Utilities, I believe. > > When I look on our other macs, which are still running 10.5.8, I can > > see Directory Utility at this location. Is it now invisible or is it > > just plain absent? > > > Any advice anyone? If I copy this and ‘Directory’ into Snow Leopard > > from another machine and try to enable root user will it work or will > > the whole thing go egg-shaped? > > > Kind regards > > > John > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- > Benjamin Stanley - Technical Director - Trilby Multimedia > 47-49 Loveday Street, Birmingham, B4 6NR > Telephone: 0121 333 6860 www.trilby.co.uk
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