change admin name on my iMac

[lynne2406]

Hello ... it may seem silly, but my iMac has my ex husbands name as admin, and I don't want to see it every time I log in to my Mac. I can't find a way to change the, i don't want to be a guest user ... I am the admin now,and i want my name to appear, is there a way to change this please? I'm using El Capitan on a desktop iMac. Thanks you.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

-Do you have a lot of documents/email/photos/music you want to save on his user?
-Do you have a Time Machine or other backup of your data?

C

 

[lynne2406]

Hello thank you for your reply. I have just had the hard drive replaced by MacAssist and I do have a copy of most of my data and a time machine for the apps that aren't on the new hard drive.

 

[Cory Cooper]

OK, thanks for the additional information.

There are two ways to resolve your issue:

1. Create another admin user in  > System Preferences... > Users & Groups using your name, login to it, and delete his. Your applications won't be affected, but you will have to manually recover any files/documents/data from your external hard drive/Time Machine.

2. Change the account name and home directory name on your Mac - you can follow the steps in the Change and account name section from that link. You should be safe, since you have a backup of your data.

Let us know if you have additional questions,

C

 

[lynne2406]

Hello again and thank you very much for the reply. The second option worked best, it's all done and didn't need any back ups of data or apps. Thank you

 

[Cory Cooper]

You're very welcome...glad to help.

C

 

[Christiern]

OK, thanks for the additional information.

There are two ways to resolve your issue:

1. Create another admin user in  > System Preferences... > Users & Groups using your name, login to it, and delete his. Your applications won't be affected, but you will have to manually recover any files/documents/data from your external hard drive/Time Machine.

2. Change the account name and home directory name on your Mac - you can follow the steps in the Change and account name section from that link. You should be safe, since you have a backup of your data.

Let us know if you have additional questions,

C

I just inherited this iMac and have neither password nor administrator's name. I tried using the deceased owner's name, but she apparently didn't use it. There is nothing installed that I need to keep. I have my original iMac (a 24" iMac7,1) running 10.11.6 El Capitain, but this one (a 21" iMac 12,1) has 10.7.5 Lion installed. What I would like to do is reset the inherited machine and install El Capitain.

I should add that both Macs are connected to my online account.