How do I change the computer's ID on my Mac?
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How do I change the computer id on my mac?
I bought a late 2009 Mac Mini recently, updated it to Lion, and was rather frustrated to find that even after changing the Bonjour, DNS, and local network name, the terminal prompt (and "Computer ID" in Directory Utility) still shows joshuas-iphone. There has never been a Joshua nor an iPhone that has ever connected to my network, so I've ruled that out. Any help would be HIGHLY appreciated.
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The Terminal app does a DNS look up to get the hostname to display at the prompt. It is essentially...
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Where is the mac id on a pc and can i change it?
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What you're talking about is the Ethernet MAC address (aka physical address), which is assigned by the...
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Is it possible to change your MAC ID?
Every computer has a Mac Address/ID i was wondering if it's possible to change it and how do you do it? (curiosity struck me hard at work)
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Depends on the device. Some network cards allow it, as do some routers.
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I am considering getting Final Cut Pro for my Mac laptop but it's a $300 investment. My laptop is already 3 years old so within another 3 years it may be obsolete and I'll be getting a new one. Is there any way to purchase the software and then reload...
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If you use Apple's migration utility, almost all your software (or maybe even all of it) will transfer...
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Problem: OSX to Windows direct-wired ethernet connection works, but the Mac can't see the shared PC drives. The PC and the Mac are both normally on wifi but the Mac's Airport is turned off now. Both machines have manual addresses set on their ethernet...
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Huh? Last time I checked, there is no way to just "hook up" two ends of a cat-5 cable to two...
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How can I sync, and keep in sync, my Powerbook G4 (tiger) & Mac Mini (leopard)? SoSorryForAskingThisPleaseDontEggMeFilter: I'm surprised that there isn't a streamlined way of accomplishing what I imagine would be a routine setup, but there you have...
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By the way, here are some potential programs I've found that might be useful. Does anyone have any experience...
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Can a website track me by my computer's MAC address? is that possible? I already know that they can track my computer from my IP address but what is the deal with MAC addresses. I know these addresses are suppose to be hardware to Harware communication...
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My knowledge of the tcp/ip protocol stack is limited, but as far as I know, the only devices that know...
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About fan speed software (mac) easy, one person will get 10 points guarantee, Bonus survey!?
On my mac mini I installed some software that makes the speed of your fan on your mac go faster. Just in case you want to try it, its called smcFanControl. So anyway I installed it and I figured out that by default the fan speed is 1903 RPM and with...
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I don't know about a mac fan, but I manually sped up my PC's fan and it broke it. I have to get it fixed...
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You have to move all your music from your windows computer to your mac. When you plug in your iPod ...
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To authorize a computer using your Apple IDOpen iTunesFrom the Store menu, choose Authorize This Computer...