admin user name change

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admin user name change

i reinstalled Yosemite, which solved a problem.

however the user name i had before, INITIALS, is not the user name i have now, FULL NAME.

i surely, and by not paying attention to the prompt, entered my full name when i intended to enter my initials.

i prefer the shorter user name because it takes up less space in the menu bar.

i have investigated the System Preferences options: Users & Groups, (unlock) then, Change Password, Login Options, and nowhere is there an option to change Admin name.

can i undo my mistake? can i revert to the Admin name ‘INITIALS’ without having to reinstall the entire OS?

how is it done?

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Dec 18, 2014 8:03 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 28, 2017 10:33 AM in response to 213JB

Hello,

I have sort of the same problem or exact same problem. I bought this Macbook Air from a college student on Ebay. Her name is still listed as the owner, admin or User of this computer. I know when I bought it a couple years ago that I had tried to change it or at least looked into it, but for some reason I was not able to do anything about it. I wish I could remember what I learned or why I was not able to do anything about it.

It seems your answer may help me here, I hope so.

I'll go and try that now, thank you much!

Jeff

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Answer 2

Oct 28, 2017 10:38 AM in response to 213JB

I went to do this as suggested and the Warning at the top stated that CHANGING THESE SETTINGS MIGHT DAMAGE THIS ACCOUNT AND PREVENT THIS USER FROM LOGGING IN.

And so I am not sure if I should make the change to the USER or ADMIN for this laptop, Macbook Air. I'll wait to hear from you first.

Jeff

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