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June 19, 2013

How to change Mac OS X hostname

If you want to change your Mac OS X’s hostname from the default, you can use the following command.

$ sudo scutil --set HostName

If you are in the terminal, you need to restart the terminal to get the changed host name.

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A software engineer who loves any technologies that makes life easier. That’s why I love Linux and Mac at the same time.