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Hi!

Is there any way I could change my macbook username (the one that is also shown on the home folder)?

MacBook Air, macOS 13.1

Posted on Dec 30, 2022 9:18 AM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Dec 30, 2022 9:41 AM

EdyEdward11 wrote:

Hi!

Is there any way I could change my macbook username (the one that is also shown on the home folder)?

It is not recommended a lot can go wrong.

You are better off / safer to simply create new user w/admin privledges account with the name you prefer to see, and move your files over to the new user/admin account via File Sharing.

Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support

Set up file sharing on Mac - Apple Support

I have seen many issues here—

Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder

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