Have an Air. Setting up a Studio. Use same or different user name? Setup as new or current mac user?

Will be keeping both Macs after setup. Air already setup with "First-Name's MacBook Air" name and "firstlast" as user account name. I believe it was the default. Both will sign into the same Apple-ID e-mail address. I intend on not using Setup-Migration Assistant, but moving selected data over manually via external drive. I believe I'll set many system settings manually and sign into my Apple ID after setup to get all my small amount of iCloud data downloaded for Calendar, etc..


1st I believe I should follow the steps to setup the Studio as a current Mac User.


I'd like to have the computer's name be "First-Name's Mac Studio" and am not sure if there would be any advantages/disadvantages to using the same "firstlast" user name for both macs or can/should I name the user account on the Studio "firstlaststudio"?


I want both computers to be independent except for the Apple-IDs, iCloud accounts and Apple apps. There are a number of 3rd party apps I downloaded and installed separately from the App store that I likewise did on my older Windows 11 PC, e.g. Lightroom Classic (originally the only Lightroom).


Thanks in advance for the advice.

Mac Studio (2023)

Posted on Aug 10, 2023 7:51 PM

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Aug 11, 2023 5:29 AM in response to ClickCardo

If it were mine, I'd give it a different name than my MacBook Air. Here's how: Change your computer’s name or local hostname on Mac - Apple Support


Doing so will allow you to differentiate them with apps like FindMe.


I can't recall what Adobe's policies are regarding user licenses, so I don't know if Adobe will let you install Lightroom Classic on your Mac Studio or not (without purchasing an additional license). You'd need to check with Adobe on this.

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