Interactive Shell is Now zsh

Here is the message:

The default shell for newly-created accounts switched from bash to zsh at macOS 10.15.

Your login account is older, and has accordingly preserved use of bash. Your shell did not change.

bash has and will be around for a while, but is exceedingly unlikely to ever get anything past any critical or security fixes; to ever get any function or feature updates.

You can ignore that message, or can suppress that message, or can switch the shell to zsh.

Here is the article referenced in that message describing the change and describing the options:

… Use zsh as the default shell on your Mac - Apple Support

If you are seeking to change your shortname, you can follow the steps in this support article:

Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder - Apple Support

You will need to follow those steps exactly, as mistakes here can block access.

You will want one or two backups prior to changes, and I’d create a second and spare Admin account.

The following cropped image shows the shortname in red (yeah, and expurgated), shows the shell selection in green, and shows a warning in yellow:

I’d suggest posting edited and cropped screenshots too, lest you leak sensitive information.

Here is how to get screenshots of parts of the display:

… Take screenshots or screen recordings on Mac - Apple Support

032163rc wrote:

Under User/Groups - Not seeing or being able to add my Apple ID?

Does this work? Manage your Apple ID settings on Mac - Apple Support