Q: How do I change name of my s/hand iMac
Hi all I have just purchased a s/hand 2009 iMac with Yosemite and although I have changed name in sharing and everywhere else I could find in terminal and iTunes it is still saying Colin's iMac instead of my name could anyone tell me how I could change this.
thanks in advance Dell
iPad Air, iOS 8.1.2
Posted on Dec 30, 2014 10:49 AM
by dot.com,Solvedanswer
Did you ever try to use the "scutil" command to change the hostname/computername/localhostname -- see the article at http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/66611/how-to-change-computer-name-so-te rminal-displays-it-in-mac-os-x-mountain-lion and the man page for "scutil" for more details
Posted on Jan 5, 2015 1:37 PM