Change user Short Names?

[Kimi]

Something minor, but OS X say I can't do it. But does anyone know a way to do it? I noticed a spelling mistake in a friend's name, little things like that bug me.

I was thinking maybe if I used some back-up software I could then edit, but I don't know of many. Or even if you can. Any ideas?

 

[gekko513]

You can try to create a new user with the correct short user name and then copy over the user Library. There could be problems with the ownerships, but nothing that a nice shell command/script couldn't fix.

 

[iMeowbot]

Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name

 

[Kimi]

Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name

Thank you. I didn't think that something like that would be on Apple's site. I'll give it ago tonight after school.

 

[Counterfit]

You can avoid many problems by making a new account first, then transferring the necessary stuff over. It's much safer.

 

[iMeowbot]

You can avoid many problems by making a new account first, then transferring the necessary stuff over. It's much safer.

That's exactly what the Apple document describes how to do.

 

[Kimi]

You can avoid many problems by making a new account first, then transferring the necessary stuff over. It's much safer.

I tried that, but All the desktop settings and preferences from some programs. It's all the little things that I'd need to move.

I've not read through the things on the Apple site, but it looks to be a better way than copt and paste.