How to change the "home" folder name in MacOS ?
Hello Everyone,
Can someone please suggest on how can I change the "home" folder name on MacOS ?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.1
Hello Everyone,
Can someone please suggest on how can I change the "home" folder name on MacOS ?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.1
I did this last year and you have to follow the instructions precisely and to the very last step.
Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder - Apple Support (CA)
I did this last year and you have to follow the instructions precisely and to the very last step.
Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder - Apple Support (CA)
Why
This folder is where your User Account ( hamza ) is on this computer.
Renaming your User Account folder, if not done exactly correctly is dangerous
Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder
It is Strongly suggested reading the entire article Before attempting this
One skipped step in the order that are presented, could led to a disaster
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Renaming a Computer, it is simple but it is not obvious, here’s how it works:
>> Go to the Apple menu and choose “System Settings”
>> Choose the “General” system settings from the side menu
>> Click on “About”
>> Look for “Name” and click on the text to the right of that
>> edit the computer name of the Computer
>> then hit Return or click away when finished
I used this to rename the computer after I first received this machine
How to change the "home" folder name in MacOS ?