[X-Newbies] Home Folder Name

Scott scott-xlists at scotist.com
Wed Oct 11 19:42:29 PDT 2006


Glad I caught you in time. :)

I learned the hard way that talking someone through fixing this is  
*not* fun.

-- 
Scott

On Oct 11, 2006, at 7:26 PM, Al Poulin wrote:

> Wow, Scott, thanks, glad I asked.  I really do not need to do this.
>
> Al Poulin
>
> On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:09 PM, Scott wrote:
>
>> This would cause you to think you lost all of your files.
>>
>> It's generally not a good idea. If you really, really need to do  
>> so, you'll need to follow the steps in this article (40 steps, 3  
>> footnotes).
>>
>> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824
>>
>> -- 
>> Scott
>>
>> On Oct 11, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Al Poulin wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all:
>>>
>>> It appears that I can change the name of my home folder in the  
>>> Users folder.  Is this safe to do?  Or would this cause problems  
>>> with passwords or in networking with other Macs?
>>>
>>> Al Poulin
>>>
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