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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Can a website like Ebay track my MAC address? I know they can track IP addresses but can they ID me from a MAC

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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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How do you change computers for your ipod nano. I have a new mac book and i want to transfer all my itunes stuff to my mac. All of my songs are on my mac but when i plug in my ipod nothing happens?

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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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How do you authorize a new computer with a previous apple ID? I have no idea how to make my iTunes work on my new Mac? It keeps saying manage your apple ID and when I click on it, it has nothing to do with authorizing my computer and now I apparently change my apple ID password and I can't get into

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To authorize a computer using your Apple IDOpen iTunesFrom the Store menu, choose Authorize This Computer...

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How to change contact my mac is under?

Ok so when i bought my iMac it was under another apple id. My mac thinks that since that apple id was not under my name that i am a different person in my address book. Now, i am using a different apple id under my name and it still thinks that i am...

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Check with your nearest Mac User Group! http://www.apple.com/usergroups/

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