A version of the below with screenshots is available on the sortitoutsi forums: https://sortitoutsi.net/content/74677/fm26-real-name-fix

You can also watch this video tutorial: https://youtu.be/7uPK-BW9HwE


Step 1:

Go to: 

(for PC Steam users)
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 26\shared\data\database\db\2600

[\Program Files (x86)\ could be \Program Files\ depending on your set up.]

(for PC Epic Games users)
Program Files\Epic Games\FootballManager26\shared\data\database\db\2600

(for Mac users)
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / steamapps / common / Football Manager 26 / fm.app / Contents / Plugins / game_plugin.bundle / Contents / Resources / shared / data / database / db / 2600 

You have to click “show packaged contents” on the fm.app and game_plugin.bundle folders. This basically means that you need to right-click (or Control + click) on fm.app (or game_plugin.bundle) and choose Show Package Contents that lets you open up the folders inside the app icon.

Here’s how to do it on Mac:
1. Open Finder.
2. Press Command + Shift + G to bring up “Go to Folder.”
3. Copy and paste this path, then hit Enter: 

~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 26/fm.app/Contents/PlugIns/game_plugin.bundle/Contents/Resources/shared/data/database/db/2600 

Once you’re in that db/2600 folder, that’s where you drop the real name fix files and don’t forget to restart FM afterwards so the changes take effect.






Step 2: 

Delete the dbc, edt and lnc folders from the folders above, but leave the 2600_fm folder alone. I repeat, you must DELETE the dbc, edt and lnc folders. Replacing/merging won't see all the changes implemented





Step 3: 

Copy the dbc, edt and lnc folders from this download into the folders mentioned in step 1.




Step 4: 

Go to:
(on PCs)
Documents \ Sports Interactive \ Football Manager 26 (or your user data folder if you have changed the path)

(on Macs)
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive





Step 5: 

Open the folder named "editor data" contained therein.





Step 6: 

Keeping the folder in step 5 open, go back to the file you downloaded and copy the 5 files included within the editor data folder.






Step 7: 

Paste these 5 files into the folder mentioned in step 5. Accept any overwrite prompts.