The name of your macOS user account and the name of your home folder must both be the same. Changing these names does not change or reset the password of your user account.
Step 2b: Get the install file for an older version of macOS. For older versions of macOS and Mac OS X it's a bit more difficult to get the install file: Apple doesn't offer downloads of outdated. About macOS Recovery. MacOS Recovery is the built-in recovery system of your Mac. On a Mac with Apple silicon, you can use macOS Recovery to repair your internal disk, reinstall macOS, restore your files from a Time Machine backup, set the security policy for different disks, transfer files between two Mac computers, start up in safe mode and more.
Because doing this incorrectly could damage your account and prevent you from logging in, you should back up your important data before proceeding.
First rename the home folder
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- Log out of the account you're renaming, then log in to a different administrator account. (If you don't have another administrator account, you can create one in Users & Groups preferences.)
- Open the Users folder on the startup disk. It contains the home folder for each user. To get there, you can choose Go > Go to Folder from the menu bar, then enter
/Users
. - Rename the user's home folder without using any spaces in the new name. You'll be prompted to enter the administrator name and password that you used to log in. If you're using file sharing to share the home folder, you won't be able to rename it until you stop sharing the folder.
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Then rename the account
While still logged out of the account you're renaming, follow these additional steps:
- Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
- Click , then enter the administrator name and password that you used to log in.
- From the list of users on the left, Control-click the user you're renaming, then choose Advanced Options.
- Change the “Account name” field to match the new name of the home folder. It should have no spaces.
- The account name also appears in the “Home directory” field, after
/Users/
. Change that account name to match the new name of the home folder. - If you want to change the full name associated with your account, update the ”Full name” field as well. It can be any name, and you can use either the full name or the account name to log in to your Mac or make changes that require your name and password.
- Click OK, then restart your Mac.
- Log in to the renamed account, then verify that your old files and folders are visible and the account is working as expected.
I have Mac OS X 10.7 since Christmas.
Afetr updating to 10.7.2 I noticed that the Finder window 'About Finder' shows me that I have the 10.7.1 version installed, though, according to 'Software Update' I have 10.7.2. When I updated my Mac to 10.7.3, 'About Finder' started showing that I have 10.7.2 installed...
My question: is this simply a 'bug'? Or is my Mac not accepting the OS X updating correctly?
(According to my 'Software Update' I have the version 10.7.3 installed).
Thank you.
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Posted on Feb 5, 2012 9:11 AM