Every computer has a few different names: Its model name, its serial number, the mess of 1s and 0s that your computer calls itself in binary. But most computers also let you give your device a ...

I need to take a running windows desktop box that's part of a domain, give it a new computer name, and then continue working on it (with the box having the new name), without having to reboot at all.

When you set up a new Mac, macOS gives the computer a generic name that includes the first name of the owner – "Tim's ‌MacBook Pro," for example. This default name is used for identifying the device ...