This is necessary because Spotlight's index uses absolute pathnames (/Users/username/) rather than relative pathnames (~/) for files in home directories when you change your short username, the absolute path to your home directory changes, which means Spotlight's index is no longer accurate.Īdobe Flash Player 9.0.16.0: to view/play Flash media. The new release deletes the Spotlight index, if present, for your boot volume, forcing Mac OS X to re-index that drive. ChangeShortName 1.2: easily change the short username in Mac OS X.
