Change account name

Hi stromme and welcome to Apple Discussions.

Although there are 3rd party and arcane & 'advanced' ways of doing this, (others may be along later with more info) the official Apple way is Here.

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Have fun!

Adrian

Hi stromme
There is a app. that is real easy to change short name. I haven't used it but it sounds pretty good.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16620
Good Luck
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You can change the username using Netinfo Manager. CAUTION! before you do it enable root account and log into root account to change the username. Changing the username will cause that user to lose admin status, and if that is the only admin user on your machine you will find it without an admin user.

After you change the username, you need to examine the Accounts prefpanel to reset the admin status of the new user, then reboot. You should be able to log in to the new account as usual. Post here any problems, because they can happen.

After the process is complete you can disable root account.