How do I set an administrative password?

How do I set an administrative password?

Judy,
from your administrative login, select the Users & Groups pane of System Preferences, and click the “Change Password…” button.

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  • HT1904 How do you set an administrator password?

    How do you set an administrator password?

    Changing or resetting an account password
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274?viewlocale=en_US
    Changing your administrator password
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh655.html
    You should update to 10.4.11 as well.

  • How important is it to set an administrative password on my MacBook?

    My administrative password for my MacBook has been blank since I bought it. How important is it to set an administrative password on my MacBook?

    If you are the only one to use the MacBook you don't really need an administrative password. The main use for it is to stop other users from accessing and making changes on the Macbook.

  • How do I set the firmware password on 10.7

    Hi
    How do I set the firmware password in Mac OS 10.7.2 (MacBook Pro) ?
    The Apple instructions only seem to go up to 10.5.x
    Thanks

    Firmware password is not much use as any thief can reset it by pulling out the memory chips and putting them back in again.
    The only real way to secure your data 99% is to use FileVault 2.

  • How can I set up a password to open each email account to keep privacy?

    Hello,
    Different members of the family are using the same ipad. How can I set up a password for each email account to keep privacy ?
    Thanks
    Dx

    You can not - it's a single-account device, including email, so you can't set up seperate passwords for seperate emails. All or nothing, I'm afraid.

  • How can I reset my administrator password, without knowing the original administrator password?

    Hi guys,
    I use a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. A few months ago I reset my administrator password and have not been able to remember it since. Consequently, I haven’t been able to do any software updates, my computer is running slow and I'm getting a lot of pop-up junk on my screen. I’m the only user on my computer, apart from the Guest User (Sharing only).
    How can I reset my administrator password, without knowing the original password?
    Thanks.

    Resetting Password and/or Home Folder Permissions

  • How do I set up a password

    How do I set up a password for my airport extreme network?

    AirPort Extreme Base Station Setup (AEBSn) - Wireless Encryption
    Setup the AEBSn
    Either connect to the AEBSn's wireless network or temporarily connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to one of the LAN ports of the AEBSn, and then, using the AirPort Utility in Manual Mode, check these settings:
    Manual Setup > AirPort > Wireless tab
    Wireless Security: <None | WEP (Transitional Security Network) | <b>WPA/WPA2 Personal</b> | WPA2 Personal>
    Wireless Password: <enter your desired password>
    Verify Password: <reenter your desired password>

  • How can I recover my administrative password?

    How can I recover my administrative password without paying a fee?

    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Utilities from the Installer menu at the top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
    Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access the Menubar at top.
    1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
    2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Reset Password from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
    Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Reset Password.

  • How can we change local administrator password in 500 machines in a domain from a centralized location?

    How can we change local administrator password in 500 machines in a domain from a centralized location?

    This was moved out of the Profile forum.
    You should ask this question at
    www.answers.microsoft.com.
    Or I can move it into another forum if you'd like.
    Thanks!
    Ed Price a.k.a User Ed, Microsoft Experience Program Manager (Blog,
    Twitter,
    Wiki)

  • I lost my administrator password and can not install Mavericks (or any other software for that matter). How can I find my administrator password?

    I lost my administrator password and can not install Mavericks, or any other software for that matter. How can I retrieve an administrator password?

    Forgot Your Account Password
    For Lion/Mountain Lion
        Boot to the Recovery HD:
    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
         When the menubar appears select Terminal from the Utilities menu.
         Enter resetpassword at the prompt and press RETURN. Follow
         instructions in the dialog window that will appear.
         Or see Reset a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password, OS X Mountain Lion- Reset a login password, and
         OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
    For Snow Leopard and earlier with installer DVD
         Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password
    For Snow Leopard and earlier without installer DVD
        How to reset your Mac OS X password without an installer disc | MacYourself

  • How do I enter my administrator password in Terminal?

    How do I enter my administrator password in Terminal?

    The same as you would anywhere else. The Terminal doesn't display bullets, asterisks, or anything else in response to characters being entered at the password prompt.
    (66424)

  • How do you set up a password for a wireless network when using an Airport Extreme?

    How do you set up a password for a wireless network when using an Airport Extreme wireless router?

    Thanks for the updated information.
    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Click on the AirPort Extreme icon, then click Manual Setup
    Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
    Check to make sure that the setting for Wireless Security reads either WPA2 Personal or WPA/WPA2 Personal
    Enter a Wireless Password and Verify Password
    Click Update to save any changes and wait a full minute for the AirPort Etreme to restart

  • How do you set a security password to control access to an external hard drive?

    how do you set a security password to control access to an external hard drive?

    The only way to reliably protect data, especially on an external hard drive, is to encrypt it.  Permissions don't have to be respected.  One way to encrypt data is to create an encrypted sparse bundle disk image with Disk Utility.  See:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1578
    (Be sure to use the 256-bit encryption.)
    Alternately, you could use some whole-disk encryption, though I have no experience with any of the software for doing that.  You could try the following:
    http://www.truecrypt.org/
    I don't know that I would recommend the product being advertised inappropriately by keynesis.

  • HT203790 How do I set a backup password?

    How can I set my backup password now, before I discover I haven't and cannot access my info?

    I think you mean that your backup has a password, and you don't know what it is. You cannot change the backup password if you don't know the current one; if you could there would be no point in having encrypted backups. You will have to guess the current backup password. It is one that you know and have used in the past, because you entered it. To speed up the process uncheck "Encrypt backup" in iTunes. You will be prompted immediately for the password.
    If I misinterpreted your question please set me straight.

  • TS3274 how do I set a new password?

    How do I set a new Password?

    Do you mean a new passcode on your iPad?  If it is disabled you will have to restore it via recovery mode using the recovery mode instructions in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808 or with iOS 7.0.4 you can also use the guidance of lllaass in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5634135

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