coocooforcocoapuffs
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Q: Change username  / home folder with one that has a space already in the name?

I have a username (short) and home folder name of username 1 (username space 1) and this procedure won't work: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428

 

Is there a way?!? I want to change username 1 to newusername and come out with a new home folder of newusername and have all the file permissions and whatnot correct. 

 

thx!

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4),  No more PCs, finally!  FCS+FCPX

Posted on Oct 10, 2012 6:47 PM

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Q: Change username  / home folder with one that has a space already in the name?

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  • by macjack,

    macjack macjack Oct 10, 2012 6:53 PM in response to coocooforcocoapuffs
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    Oct 10, 2012 6:53 PM in response to coocooforcocoapuffs

    Before the first boot!

    You can put data from one user into another by putting them into /Shared and copying them from there.

  • by coocooforcocoapuffs,

    coocooforcocoapuffs coocooforcocoapuffs Oct 10, 2012 7:13 PM in response to macjack
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    Oct 10, 2012 7:13 PM in response to macjack

    ha! well the first boot here was over 4 years ago

     

    there is no way I am sifting thru data on his box... I just want to fix the shortname/home folder name before cloning to a new box.

     

    thx

     

    (and have yet found a procedure that works if the homefolder name has a space in it)

  • by macjack,Helpful

    macjack macjack Oct 10, 2012 7:21 PM in response to coocooforcocoapuffs
    Level 9 (55,709 points)
    Mac OS X
    Oct 10, 2012 7:21 PM in response to coocooforcocoapuffs

    coocooforcocoapuffs wrote:

     

    ha! well the first boot here was over 4 years ago

     

    My pal just dropped off his new Retina MBP

     

    Are we talking the same friend here?

    Why not just take the ~/Library/Documents?

  • by coocooforcocoapuffs,

    coocooforcocoapuffs coocooforcocoapuffs Oct 10, 2012 7:33 PM in response to macjack
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    Oct 10, 2012 7:33 PM in response to macjack

    yes! the problem with this guy is that he does not know where his data is, and by looking at the machine, I can see why. 4 years of unorganization that would drive me nuts if this were mine. So to be 100% sure everything he might ever need is transferred, I don't see any other option but to clone. And the username [space] 1 contains characters he wants to be rid of. I guess if he had brought me his new retina as a virgin, there would be no problem, but now that he went thru the setup, things got complicated exponentially. I've got his new data from the new box tucked away (he only had it one day and everything he needs was saved on the desktop), so if I can fix this old username problem, I can just CCC that to the new and be done with it.