Change username in Mac OS

With the release of new versions of Mac OS, the interfaces are changed, including various settings. As a rule, there are no major changes, but there are updates that “hide” some functions or transfer them so that an inexperienced user is lost and does not know where to find them. This situation is observed with the management of users in the new versions of the operating system, so it will be useful to find out in more detail how to change the username in Mac OS.

Macbooks can also have a beautiful account.

Introduction

First you need to figure out what exactly you want to change. Mac divides the username into full and short. Both can be used to log in, but the short one also determines the name of the user's folder in which his data will be stored.

Changing the full name of the account

How to change the full username on MacBook? The process of this procedure is simple and usually does not entail any negative consequences, if you do not change the extra parameters, as you will be warned about further.

  1. Go to the menu and look for the main button - “System Settings”, click on it in the interface that appears, look for the section “Users and Groups”.
  2. We cannot simply change the settings in this menu, we need to unlock the interface by clicking on the lock icon (usually in the lower left corner) and enter the administrator's login along with the password. Now we can use all the features provided by the operating system. In addition to changing the name, you can create one or several new accounts, configure their privileges, set logins and so on.
  3. The area on the left shows a list of all accounts for this computer. Choose the right one and click the right button on it. A context menu appears in which you need to select the Advanced Options item.
  4. A window pops up in front of us in which we will change the full name in the graph of the same name.
IMPORTANT. Do not touch the other fields in any case! Thoughtless change of some of them may lead to a complete failure of the computer to continue to work in normal mode.

With a full name figured out, time to start short. This procedure is a bit more complicated, but there is nothing terrible about it if you strictly follow the provided algorithm.

Changing username and account folder

How to change the short username on Mac OS? It is tied to the user's folder in which all the necessary data is stored. You can not just take it and change it, you must change the name of the folder, as well as the path to it, otherwise the system will refuse to work, and the short name and the name of the folder must match.

IMPORTANT. It is highly desirable to back up important documents. If you make a mistake, fill in the fields incorrectly or not all - the operating system will stop working.

  1. Be sure to exit the account that we are going to change. If this is the only administrator, then you need to create another one and delete it after the completion of the manipulations, if it turns out to be superfluous.
  2. Go to the boot disk and find the folder "Users". Inside is a folder that we need to rename. Do not forget that its name must match the desired user name. For security, write in a text document or on paper and the old and new versions.
  3. Like last time, we go to "Users and Groups", we get administrative access.
  4. Like last time, we call the context menu with the right button on the user, enter the interface of additional parameters.

  1. We are interested in the “Account” field, we fill it in, based on the name of the folder that we recently renamed. The letter in the letter. Please note we can not use spaces. If you have already typed a space - be sure to delete it, you cannot continue to write with it.
  2. We look at the field "User Folder", there is the full path to the folder. Manually prescribe a new path with an already new name.
  3. Confirm all changes with "Ok".
  4. Reboot the device.
IMPORTANT. Do not touch other fields.

After all the manipulations, we do not forget to remove the superfluous administrator, if he is not useful to you, and we make sure that our target account is operational and the attached folder is available.

Conclusion

Before you start changing something, be sure to read the instructions completely and decide exactly what you are going to change. When you have understood exactly what you want, proceed to the manipulations and be very careful, games with system settings can lead to the loss of the necessary or important data. So, we figured out how to change the username on MacBook.

If you have any questions - ask them in the comments.