Hi again Matt, I’ve put together a PDF with screenshots if you find you need it, email me ‘Offlist’ & I’ll send it to you.
Cheers, Ronni On 07/06/2011, at 1:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > On 07/06/2011, at 12:15 PM, Matt Falvey wrote: > >> >> Hi, I have just bought a MacBookPro for my daughter and during the set up >> imported the data from my old PowerBookG4. >> >> I have managed to change the hard drive name on the new MBP from PowerBookG4 >> HD to MBP HD. >> >> Now what I would like to do is change the Computer name to MBP. I checked on >> the web and followed most of the instructions, which indicated that I go to: >> System Preferences>Sharing>ComputerName and type in Edit, the new name MBP >> and away I go. >> >> But in the web examples it shows the result as having the new name and the >> afp://with a series of numbers, on my MBP is has "Other users can access >> shared foders on this computer, and administators all volumes, at >> aft://powerbookg4.bigpond/ or "MBP". So is it half changed ? >> >> Under the Finder window it shows up under Devices as MBP and MBP HD and >> Shared as powerbookg4. I don't really want the powerbookg4, how do I get rid >> of it? >> >> >> Now to make matters worse I still use the PBG4. >> And when I turn that on, it appear on the Finder's Shared window along with >> the MBP's "powerbookg4" as PowerBookG4 (3) and powerbookg4-3 >> >> So ideally I would like to remove all reference to the PowerBookG4 from the >> MBP both from its hard drive and its networking, does any one have any idea >> of how to make this happen? > > Hi Matt, > > This is how I have always changed my computer name in Snow Leopard. > > 1. Open "System Preferences" from the Apple menu or the dock and click on > "Network". > > 2. Click the "Advanced" button to access the WINS settings for the Mac. > > 3. Click on the WINS section of the advanced network preferences and type in > the "NetBIOS Name" (ie. the new Mac computer name) and "Workgroup" (this > should match the workgroup name specified on Windows computers on your > network.) > > 4. Click the "OK" button to save the advanced settings and then the "Apply" > button to save the network settings. > > 5. Return to the "System Preferences" window and click on "Sharing". > > 6. Type in the new Mac computer name in the "Computer Name" text field at the > top of the window. > If sharing is turned on the text describing the type of sharing should > reflect your newly changed name. > > 7. Change hostname via the terminal. > > I found at this point that my sharing name and my terminal prompt were stuck > using my old computer name. I ultimately determined this was due to the name > being cached on the network. > In order to fix this I began by changing my hostname via the terminal. > > Open the "Terminal" application and enter in the command: > sudo scutil --set HostName [NewMacComputerName] > > 8. Next flush the DNS cache on the Mac by entering the command: dscacheutil > -flushcache > > 9. Finally reboot the Mac and if your home router provides DNS services like > mine does reboot that as well. > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
