Change computer host name and address

dustinrue / ControlPlane

ControlPlane - context-sensitive computing for OS X

http://www.controlplaneapp.com

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Change computer host name and address #385

Closed cprecioso closed 9 years ago

cprecioso commented 10 years ago

My university's network always messes up with stock computer names (like John's MacBook Pro going to John's MacBook Pro 3 because there are two others with that name). In that context, it doesn't matter, but when I get back home I usually access my laptop through Bonjour, so I have to change my laptop's name manually. Could there be an action for this? Thanks

dustinrue commented 9 years ago

Not sure if this is an action I want to add or not but you can create a script that does it for you - http://osxdaily.com/2010/09/06/change-your-mac-hostname-via-terminal/. You'd also need to configure sudo to allow you to run the scutil command without a password though.