[X4U] Computer name

[Norman Cohen]

Jim,

Check in the Sharing Preference Pane. There's a place to enter your  
Computer Name near the top.

Norm
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On Apr 9, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Jim Robertson wrote:

> My Al-PowerBook was named, appropriately, Al-PB. I used Apple's  
> Startup
> Assistant to populate my new MacBook Pro with the "stuff" from my  
> Al-PB, and
> in the process, it acquired the same name as the PowerBook.
>
> Is there a way to change the main computer name (for network  
> operations such
> as dot-mac synchs, etc.?
>
> I couldn't find suggestions in System Preferences or in Apple Help.