Mac Change User Folder Name -

In newer macOS versions (Ventura, Sonoma, Sequoia), right-clicking a user and selecting "Rename" usually only changes the (the display name). It does not change the underlying home folder directory. This often leads users to think they changed the name, only to realize their folder is still named the old way. The manual method outlined above is the definitive way to change the actual folder path.

Or, even more elegantly, use an APFS firmlink (Apple’s hidden solution for /System/Volumes/Data ). But this is a palliative, not a cure. You are now maintaining a ghost. Your shell says newname , but every log file, every crash report, and every dscl query still whispers oldname in the dark. mac change user folder name