changing computer name
I have a clean install of leopard. I also signed up for the trial .mac account (I'm not sure if this is affecting anything).
I want to change the name of the computer.
So I go to the preference pane and sharing and change the name.
But when I start the terminal, it shows the old compute name:
(old computer name):~ (username)$
Am I missing something. Which computer name is correct what it says in the shell in terminal or what the sharing preference pane is telling me (new name).local
I know I have changed the name successfully in the past few days, I don't know why it's stuck now.
This is the last time I want to change the name! The reason I want to change it is because the old name has my name in it and I don't want to connect to a network and have people identify me (nothing subversive just privacy! I'm a teacher and I don't want students trying to hack my notebook because they realize it's mine).
My account is an admin account.
Thank you for any help.
MacBook Pro 2 GHz core duo, Mac OS X (10.5.1)