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HT201548: Change the OS X user account name and home folder name on your Mac

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How can I find my admin name and password for admin on my MacBook Pro ? in Mac OS X v10.7 Lion by JimmyCMPIT	Show 0 Bookmarks0	1	39	September 3, 2016 9:56 AM by JimmyCMPIT
Typo on the Page. OS X Lion or Later. Bullet Point 2. "administroator" in Mac OS X v10.7 Lion by Klaus1	Show 0 Bookmarks0	1	45	May 11, 2016 4:47 PM by Klaus1
How do I change the default folder when opening finder in a new window? in OS X Yosemite by Niel	Show 0 Bookmarks0	2	41	April 12, 2016 9:25 AM by Niel
restoring AFP access for my two mismatched users in OS X El Capitan by teee	Show 0 Bookmarks0	0	61	April 12, 2016 7:22 AM by teee
Why the default for short username uses lowercase letters? in Using iPhone by eranm	Show 0 Bookmarks0	6	270	October 14, 2015 2:34 PM by eranm
Leftover file from the old account in MacBook Pro by 2zMintz2	Show 0 Bookmarks0	0	84	August 28, 2015 7:31 AM by 2zMintz2
The page http://support.apple.com/en-ae/HT201548 states "Because the account name is used to create a user's home directory (also known as the user's home folder), the account name and home folder name must match". What is the account name? in OS X Yosemite by 2zMintz2	Show 0 Bookmarks0	1	372	August 28, 2015 7:26 AM by 2zMintz2
Changed account name and home directory but had a problem in OS X Yosemite by Eric Root	Show 0 Bookmarks0	1	154	August 20, 2015 6:13 PM by Eric Root
goodworks daemon showed up as a user. what is this? in MacBook Pro by Linc Davis	Show 0 Bookmarks0	1	140	July 14, 2015 7:01 AM by Linc Davis