Change macbook full name

Is it safe to change just my MacBook full name?

I see a warning about "making changes could damage my account"

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jan 17, 2022 8:30 AM

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Posted on Jan 17, 2022 8:52 AM

Narudesigns wrote:

Is it safe to change just my MacBook full name?
I see a warning about "making changes could damage my account"


You can easily make a change here without issue. This has nothing to do with your account user name.


>System Preferences>Sharing






https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/mac-help/mchlp2322/mac

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Jan 17, 2022 8:52 AM in response to Narudesigns

Narudesigns wrote:

Is it safe to change just my MacBook full name?
I see a warning about "making changes could damage my account"


You can easily make a change here without issue. This has nothing to do with your account user name.


>System Preferences>Sharing






https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/mac-help/mchlp2322/mac

Jan 17, 2022 9:52 AM in response to Narudesigns

If you instead mean the long or full user account name such as "Steve Jobs" as opposed to the short user name "stevejobs", then yes, you can change the long user account name without any problems. When making any other changes to a user account name, make sure to carefully follow the instructions in the Apple article @Smilin-Brian linked. It would be best to carefully read the article regardless of what change you are making to the user account name just to be safe.

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