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mikeini · Jun 15, 2004, 05:26 AM

Wats up guys. I'm a recent switcher and to rename like the C drive was as simple as right click rename.

I just yesterday reformated due to an error with 10.3.4 (among other things) that wouldnt allow the computer to shutdown, restart or logout without going thru terminal or some backroad way.

I erased to zero and all that but not the disk is titled Untitled and its really annoying. IS there any steps or anything i can do just to rename it?

MIke

JKT · Jun 15, 2004, 05:42 AM

Click the disk's name (e.g. on the Desktop) to make it editable (like any other file or folder), then rename it.

FWIW, in the future if you wipe your drive again, you can rename it at the initialisation stage using Disk Utility. Btw, a full wipe may not have been necessary... I'll assume you tried various troubleshooting tips first like resetting PRAM etc, but rather than wiping your drive, it could have been better to do an archive and install which preserves your user folder but re-installs the system (i.e. you don't lose anything, but get a "clean" system at the end of it).

Tyre MacAdmin · Jun 15, 2004, 06:15 AM

No right click needed... just click on the text and it will highlight.... you can also use disk utility to rename it.

Millennium · Jun 15, 2004, 07:45 AM

You rename it the same way you rename anything else in the Finder: click the name, wait about half a second for the textbox to appear, and start typing.

Randman · Jun 15, 2004, 08:22 AM

Originally posted by mikeini:
to rename like the C drive was as simple as right click rename.

C drive, heh heh. Right click, rename. heh-heh. Huh-huh.

mikeini · Jun 15, 2004, 07:46 PM

thanks guys. i know i know .. c drive .. but hey .. IM STILL A SWITCHER

mitchell_pgh · Jun 15, 2004, 07:58 PM

Originally posted by mikeini:
thanks guys. i know i know .. c drive .. but hey .. IM STILL A SWITCHER

No big thing... better to ask a question here then walk around with "Untitled" as your HD name...

wataru · Jun 15, 2004, 09:47 PM

It's kind of funny because Disk Utility's default disk/partition name is different depending on your language setting. I wouldn't think that something that low-level would be localizable, but I guess it is. The Japanese default is real ugly, "名称未決定" so I always make sure to name everything.

mikeini · Jun 15, 2004, 11:17 PM

hahahaha. thanks agian for the help.

i think you def make a good poitn -
who wants to walk around iwth an "Untitled" hard drive i mean common.

posthumanus · Jun 16, 2004, 01:08 AM

so now the question's been answered, what do you name your HD?

mine's named "mainbrain"

frivolous addition to the thread, i know: but i've got the day off (everything)

posthumanus

Superchicken · Jun 16, 2004, 01:43 AM

I always click the icon then hit return...

samson1286 · Jun 16, 2004, 02:42 AM

Originally posted by Superchicken:
I always click the icon then hit return...

i have literally been using macs since os x came out, and i never knew you could do that. thanks, i guess you learn new things all the time.

[APi]TheMan · Jun 16, 2004, 10:31 AM

Originally posted by Superchicken:
I always click the icon then hit return...

Originally posted by samson1286:
i have literally been using macs since os x came out, and i never knew you could do that. thanks, i guess you learn new things all the time.

I've been doing it since Mac OS 9 or so. Don't try it on Windows, though, you'll start launching applications and documents faster than you can throw the silly PC in the trash.

Having said that, my hard drives are named "Macintosh HD" and "Firewire". Party up in here?

mikeini · Jun 16, 2004, 08:51 PM

i renamed it white mike .. my nick name between all of my friends (thats also what my personal engraving on my ipod mini is gonna have

...

yea its a cool little feature .. makes it pretty easy to rename stuff

tooki · Jun 17, 2004, 02:00 AM

Originally posted by wataru:
[B]It's kind of funny because Disk Utility's default disk/partition name is different depending on your language setting. I wouldn't think that something that low-level would be localizable, but I guess it is.../B]

HFS+ stores names in Unicode, so files, folders, and disks can be named pretty much whatever you want (except no colons or forward slashes, since those are the delimiters in paths).

tooki

MindFad · Jun 17, 2004, 04:17 AM

OMG n00b.

Congrats on the switch!

mikeini · Jun 17, 2004, 01:34 PM

Originally posted by MindFad:
OMG n00b.

Congrats on the switch!

thanks (if this is directed towards me). but one more question that is more of an annoyance han anthing else. when a window pops up .. like shut down - where there is shut down and cancel and its already at shut down. in winblows, you can hit tab to cycle through the options of that command window.

how do i do it in panther? its annoying to have to move the mouse over it each time ..

just one of thos e LITTLE LITTLE LITTLE things ..

mike

im just waiting for the apple store near me to get eth airport express so i can se how it REALLY works .. lol

boardsurfer · Jun 17, 2004, 04:09 PM

I believe you can use [cmnd] + [first letter of option you want to click]

i think.

Art Vandelay · Jun 17, 2004, 04:20 PM

You can also turn on full keyboard access in the Keyboard & Mouse preferences. Then you'll be able to tab to any control.

MindFad · Jun 17, 2004, 05:20 PM

Originally posted by Art Vandelay:
You can also turn on full keyboard access in the Keyboard & Mouse preferences. Then you'll be able to tab to any control.

What he said.

Also, you can hit the "escape" key to cancel any windows like that. Escape is your default cancel key.

mikeini · Jun 17, 2004, 05:34 PM

thanks guys. appreciate the help as always