Modify the name of your macOS user account and home folder

Y'all tin can rename your macOS user business relationship and home folder, which were named when the business relationship was created.

First rename the abode binder

  1. Log out of the account yous're renaming, then log in to a unlike administrator account. (If you don't accept another administrator account, you lot can create 1 in Users & Groups preferences.)
  2. Open the Users folder on the startup deejay. It contains the domicile binder for each user. To become there, you tin choose Go > Go to Binder from the menu bar, then enter/Users.
  3. Rename the user's home folder without using whatsoever spaces in the new proper noun. Y'all'll be prompted to enter the administrator name and password that y'all used to log in. If you lot're using file sharing to share the home binder, yous won't be able to rename it until y'all cease sharing the binder.

Then rename the account

While even so logged out of the account you're renaming, follow these boosted steps:

  1. Choose Apple () menu > Organization Preferences, and then click Users & Groups.
  2. Clicklock , then enter the administrator name and password that you used to log in.
  3. From the list of users on the left, Control-click the user you lot're renaming, then choose Avant-garde Options.
  4. Change the "Account name" field to match the new name of the habitation folder. It should have no spaces.
  5. The account proper name likewise appears in the "Home directory" field, after/Users/. Alter that account proper name to match the new proper noun of the home folder.
  6. If you desire to alter the total name associated with your account, update the "Full name" field also. It tin can exist whatsoever name, and you tin apply either the total proper noun or the account proper noun to log in to your Mac or make changes that require your name and countersign.
  7. Click OK, then restart your Mac.
  8. Log in to the renamed business relationship, so verify that your old files and folders are visible and the account is working equally expected.

Advanced Options in Users & Groups preferences

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