Not that I'm aware of. I would just check after an hour or so to see if your Time Machine backups are still working.
Later... On 2011-02-05, at 2:34 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Tim, > > Great thanks a tonne, can I just ask, by changing the name of the machine do > you know if this will necessitate the resetting up of my Time Machine backups > etc. > > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > Talks List Administrator > > Twitter @NeilBarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 5 Feb 2011, at 21:22, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > Upon setup, your Mac usually just places your name prior to the model of the > computer as you've noticed. It is, though, extremely easy to change the > name. Simply do the following: > > 1. Go to the system Preferences. > 2. Select the Sharing System Pref. > 3. Press tab to get to the Computer name field > 4. Enter the name you wish. > > The only limitations that I've come across are that you can't name it the > same as another on your network. If you do, it will ad a "2" or "3" or > whatever, depending on how many you have with the same name. It accepts > hyphens, underscores, apostrophes, and spaces although there used to be > issues with Time Machine backups when apostrophes were used in the name. I'm > not sure if that issue is still around as I don't bother using the apostrophe > anymore. > > Later... > > On 2011-02-05, at 2:05 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> just a quick one, and I'm sorry I've not done to much digging around for >> this, but time is rather short for this particular task. >> >> both my Mac Book Air and iMac have assumed names based on my name, i.e. Neil >> Barnfather's Mac Book Air etc, I do not ever recall being asked what I wish >> the machine to be called during setup, like with Windows. >> >> Is there a way to change this, and how, and should I be aware of anything >> when doing it? >> >> thanks all... >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Neil Barnfather >> Talks List Administrator >> >> Twitter @NeilBarnfather >> >> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your >> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com >> >> URL: - www.talknav.com >> e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com >> Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
