How to change Users name in Terminal > Users.

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I tried that again. I think I tried it before but it must have failed.

I went to Terminal > /Users and the Terminal prompt says Firstnames-Mac:Users firstnamelastname$.

I then typed in Terminal >

Firstnames-Mac:Users firstnamelastname$ mkdir Mac

This command made a new folder.

Firstnames-Mac:Users firstnamelastname$ sudo rm -rf firstnamelastname

This command deletes the folder firstnamelastname.

I then restart the Mac > Terminal > /Users and the firstnamelastname folder is back again with a Terminal prompt:

Firstnames-Mac:Users firstnamelastname$

What's going on?

Thanks for the reply.

I went to Mac > Apple > System Preferences... > System > Users & Groups > Login Options > Click the lock to make changes. > Password: > Unlock > Show fast user switching menu as > changed Full Name to Short Name > Click the lock to prevent further changes. > Apple > Restart...

The Mac still had firstnamelastname in Terminal > /Users rather than the name Mac.

I then went to Mac > Apple > System Preferences... > System > Users & Groups > Login Options > Click the lock to make changes. > Password: > Unlock > Show fast user switching menu as > changed Short Name to Full Name > Click the lock to prevent further changes. > Apple > Restart...

The Mac still had firstnamelastname in Terminal > /Users, rather than the name Mac?

I think the /Users folder with the folder firstnamelastname is some kind of permanent folder when I first set up the Mac, however I would still like to change the folder name, so maybe I need to set up the Mac like new or something...how to do that if there isn't a way of changing the folder name?

Well, ended up restoring the whole computer. Lost all my data and time machine doesn't seem to be restoring files.

So after new restore finishes in about 20 hours, if I'm lucky the time machine might save something from about a month ago.

Thank you for the reply.

I can confirm this one doesn't work for what I'm trying to do, as I found and tried this article.

I am trying to change the name of the Current User Admin found in either Apple > System Preferences... > User & Groups or in Terminal > /Users.

I can note that I have changed the User name by reinstalling a new OS.

However this took about 20 hours and now I can't restore any of my files from the Time Machine?

I have lodged a new forum post re this new problem https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5192324.