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My husband charged my new ipod and when I plugged into my laptop to register it in apple, it shows his name on it instead of mine. How do I change this?

My husband charged my new ipod shuffle. When I went into my itunes account to register, it ocmes up with his name. How do I change it to my name?

iPod nano (5th generation)

Posted on Apr 11, 2014 8:45 PM

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Apr 12, 2014 3:15 AM in response to ornamental22

iPods (that are not iPod touch) do not get "registered" with any "account" (in a technical way). They are associated with your iTunes library, which is what you see on your computer when you run iTunes. The iPod's name (in iTunes) is just a name, like the name you give to a file or folder. You can change it at any time.


First, if the iTunes sidebar (along left side of window) is hidden, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar. When connected, the iPod appears in the sidebar, under DEVICES.


To change the name, select the iPod in the sidebar. Click on the iPod's name a second time, and it become editable. Enter the new name, and press Return on the keyboard.

My husband charged my new ipod and when I plugged into my laptop to register it in apple, it shows his name on it instead of mine. How do I change this?

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