HowTo Rename a Mac machine

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HowTo Rename a Mac machine

This Mac nubee needs help changing the machine name.

On linux machines renaming the machine is a simple matter, but alas, I cannot find how to do it on the mac.

Can anyone shed some light?

Thanx,
john

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Posted on Jul 8, 2007 10:21 AM

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Answer 1

parakon

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Jul 8, 2007 10:50 AM in response to jdh77

Open preferences and click the "Sharing" icon.

In the dialog you will see the text field to type in the name you want the machine to have.

A little tip for a Mac nubee 🙂

In the preferences you have a search field in the top right corner. To find where the different adjustments are, type in what you want to do.

In this example, type "machine name" and you will see the "Sharing" icon highlighted.

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Paulk

Mac OS X (10.4.10)

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jdh77 Author

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Jul 8, 2007 12:26 PM in response to parakon

Open preferences and click the "Sharing" icon.

In the dialog you will see the text field to type in
the name you want the machine to have.

This is the answer for which I am indebted!! 8>)

A little tip for a Mac nubee 🙂

In the preferences you have a search field in the top
right corner. To find where the different adjustments
are, type in what you want to do.

In this example, type "machine name" and you will see
the "Sharing" icon highlighted.

Hmmmm. This did not work as advertised. As I began typing there were some suggested icons highlighted... as I continued to type... by the time I got to "m-a-c-h" everything was grayed out. But, that's O.K. - I got the idea!

Thank you Paulk!! (I owe you one!) 8>)

'til later,
john

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parakon

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Jul 8, 2007 12:53 PM in response to jdh77

I use my computers with the Norwegian OSX and the machine name is one word in our language; "maskinnavn", and I got the "Sharing" icon highlighted.

My guess is that "computer name" probably would work in the preferences search field in the English OSX.

But, as you said: You got the idea, and that's good. 🙂

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Paul k

Mac OS X (10.4.10)

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Jul 9, 2007 10:30 PM in response to jdh77

I'd like to pipe and say it's not that easy on a linux machine.. you'd have to change /etc/hostname, /etc/mailname, /etc/hosts, /etc/postfix/main.cf, and several other places 🙂

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Jul 10, 2007 11:00 AM in response to jdh77

It is "computer name" but it was a good guess!

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Jul 10, 2007 11:05 AM in response to Alex Dawson

I'd like to pipe and say it's not that easy on a
linux machine.. you'd have to change /etc/hostname,
/etc/mailname, /etc/hosts, /etc/postfix/main.cf, and
several other places 🙂

While I've installed/used several different linux distro's, I am currently using linspire 5.347 which has a "change computer name" function, which, while I have not had the occasion to use, I surmise it takes care of all those different details.

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