How to Rename Your Admin Account and Home Folder on MacBook Pro

Gwang Jin Kim, PhD
2 min readApr 17, 2024

Did you hastily choose a username for your MacBook Pro’s admin account and home folder during setup? Here is the good news: You can rename your admin account!

The bad news: It needs several steps and is not a single, simple command.

The steps:

  1. Log in to Your Admin Account
  2. Create a New Admin Account: Consider creating a backup admin account as a precaution.
  • Go to “System Preferences” > “Users & Groups.” > “add user”

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Gwang Jin Kim, PhD

Scientist, Developer and wanna be Entrepreneur. Curious to explore new stuff.