In Apple's Mail program, when you add an e-mail account you can specify a full name to associate with it, which will be used instead of the account's log-in name or address when sending or receiving messages, and which can make various To and From fields a bit easier to make sense of. While this option is convenient, with Apple's new iCloud service you may find your display name has been changed to your account name or another alias with no apparent way to change it.
If you go to the Accounts section of your Mail preferences, select iCloud, and then click the Account Information tab, you will see a field for your Full Name that is usually editable; however, with iCloud accounts this field may be grayed out so you cannot change it. In most cases the field should contain your preferred name, but in some cases the field may contain your abbreviated account name instead.
You can change your full name settings in the iCloud.com Web interface settings (click for larger view).
(Credit: Screenshot by Topher Kessler/CNET)
Again, this will mainly affect how your name is displayed on received and sent messages, which while purely aesthetic might be frustrating, especially if other accounts you use show your preferred name appropriately so that your messages show a mix of names like "jsmith" ... [Read more]
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