Geek Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/change-login-name1.jpg" alt="Change the Login Name in Mac OS X" title="change-login-name" width="620" height="332" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28918" /></p> <p>Want to change a user name that appears at the login screen of Mac OS X? It’s very easy to do:</p> <ol> <li>Open System Preferences and click on “Users & Groups”</li> <li>Select the users name you wish to change from the left side</li> <li>Look for “Full Name” on the right side options and click in the box, enter the administrator password to authenticate the name change</li> <li>Type the new name as you want it to appear at the login screen</li> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/change-login-name-mac.jpg" alt="Change Login Name in Mac OS X" title="change-login-name-mac" width="462" height="216" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28919" /></p> <li>Exit out of System Preferences</li> </ol> <p>Confirm the login name change took place by logging out or by <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/17/lock-screen-mac/">locking the screen</a>, both of which will bring you to the standard OS X login window. This is the same for OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.</p> <p>The full name/login name is not to be confused with the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/20/change-short-name-user-mac-os-x/">short user name</a> of an account, which controls the directory name and SSH logins. </p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z47j-efdz1LYwy3s74_0iaQyaU8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z47j-efdz1LYwy3s74_0iaQyaU8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z47j-efdz1LYwy3s74_0iaQyaU8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z47j-efdz1LYwy3s74_0iaQyaU8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2j6yRr1r0Is:wPoYQrlLWKs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2j6yRr1r0Is:wPoYQrlLWKs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=2j6yRr1r0Is:wPoYQrlLWKs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2j6yRr1r0Is:wPoYQrlLWKs:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=2j6yRr1r0Is:wPoYQrlLWKs:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2j6yRr1r0Is:wPoYQrlLWKs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=2j6yRr1r0Is:wPoYQrlLWKs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/2j6yRr1r0Is" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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