{"id":3120,"date":"2018-12-27T18:48:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T13:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2019-04-21T18:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T13:21:14","slug":"how-to-change-the-name-of-your-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/how-to-change-the-name-of-your-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the name of your Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It seems trivial but many people don’t know how to change the Mac name. It is quite simple but not so straight forward. Do Follow these steps:<\/p>\n

Step 1<\/strong>: In the Menu bar, go to \uf8ff > System Preferences\u2026<\/p>\n

Step 2<\/strong>: Click on Sharing.
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\nsystem preferences sharing<\/p>\n

Step 3<\/strong>: In the Computer Name box, type in the name you want to use for your computer.
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\nchange name of mac<\/p>\n

Step 4<\/strong>: Close the window, and you\u2019re done.<\/p>\n

And its done, it is as simple as it gets ;).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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