My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

Creating User Accounts

When creating a user account on your Macintosh, you need to determine these three items:

• The type of account you want to create (Administrator, Standard, Managed with Parental Controls, Guest)

• A username that uniquely identifies that account

• A password (mandatory for Administrator accounts, but optional for all other types of accounts)

  Note

  The only type of account that can create other user accounts is an Administrator account.

Here's how to create an account:

1. Click the Apple menu and choose System Preferences. A System Preferences window appears.

2. Click the Accounts icon under the System category. An Accounts window appears, as shown in Figure 16-1.

   Figure 16-1. The Accounts window lists all accounts on your Macintosh and lets you ...