My New Mac, Lion Edition

Understanding User Accounts

The first time you plugged in and set up your Macintosh, it guided you through the process of typing your name and a password, which essentially created the first user account on your computer. Every Macintosh needs at least one user account, but if you want to share your Macintosh with other people, you’ll need to set up additional accounts. You can create four types of user accounts:

• Administrator This account allows full access to modifying all parts of the Macintosh, including creating and deleting additional accounts. In addition, only an Administrator account is able to install software. When you unpacked your Macintosh, the first account you created was the Administrator account.

• Standard This account allows full ...