OS 7.5 - Rename HD

#1 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 02:26

Hi,

Kind of a noob question...

How do you change the name of a HD in MacOS 7.5?

#2 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 02:30

Try turning off AppleTalk or file sharing (can't remember what it is called under 7.5). Then click the hard drive name on the Desktop and start typing... [

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#3 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 03:14

Try turning off AppleTalk or file sharing (can't remember what it is called under 7.5). Then click the hard drive name on the Desktop and start typing... [] ]'>

Tried it. No luck

#4 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 03:19

Did you try clicking the icon and pressing return?

#5 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 03:32

Select the hard disk icon on the Desktop and click CMD-I (Get Info).

Is it locked? Other than that I can't think of anything that would prevent you from editing the name... [

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#6 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 03:51

Did you try clicking the icon and pressing return?

That was the first thing I tried.

Select the hard disk icon on the Desktop and click CMD-I (Get Info).
Is it locked? Other than that I can't think of anything that would prevent you from editing the name... [] ]'>

It's not locked.

#7 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 03:56

Click the icon. Wait a second or to, then click it again so the texy is highlighted like selected text, and you can type.

#8 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 04:14

Click the icon. Wait a second or to, then click it again so the texy is highlighted like selected text, and you can type.

Doesn't work

#9 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 04:34

I recall this same annoying bug from years ago. The only solution I ever found was to get info on it in ResEdit - you ought to be able to at least edit the name directly from there, and I believe there may be some sort of "name locked" flag you can turn off as well. I believe there was also a hack called HardDiskRename or something similar.

#10 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 04:37

I think this was the program I was thinking of:

http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/disk/unlock-folder.hqx

#11 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 04:57

To add to Patrickool93's advice, click not on the icon but on the text pane below it. Icon and name pane are separate entities for this purpose. First click highlights the name. Second click makes the text accessible for editing if the disk is not locked in Get Info. and if FileSharing is off (File::Sharing... from the menu).

If Sharing... is greyed-out, it is not active or not capable of being activated (because it hasn't been set up).

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