August 2012
Beginner
480 pages
13h 13m
English
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Changing Your Password
You can change your password at any time. Changing your password is a good idea if you’re concerned about security — for example, if there’s a chance your password has been discovered by someone else.
You can change the password for your account on your own Mac, or you can change the password you use to connect to your account on a remote Mac. I show you how to do both in the following sections.
Changing your account password on your Mac
To change the password on your own Mac, just follow these steps:
1. Choose ⇒System Preferences, or double-click its icon in your Applications folder and click the Users & Groups icon.
The Users & Groups System Preferences pane appears.
2. Select your account in the list on the left.
Your account information appears in the area on the right.
3. Click the Change Password button.
A sheet drops down.
4. Type your current password in the Old Password field.
This demonstrates that you are who you’re supposed to be, not someone who just walked up to your unattended Mac.
5. Type your new password in the New Password field.
6. Retype your new password in the Verify field.
7. (Optional but recommended) Type a hint in the Password hint field.
8. Click the Change Password button.
Assuming that you entered your old password correctly, the sheet disappears.
9. Close the System Preferences window.
Changing the password of any account but your own on your Mac
To change a password on your own Mac, just follow these steps:
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