Changing Your Password on Mac OS X: Difference between revisions

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2) Click on the "Users & Groups" pane.
 
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3) Your account will be highlighted. Click on the "Change Password" button.
 
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4) Change your password:
 
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Revision as of 09:26, 5 March 2013

1) Go to the System Preferences. You can get to it from the Apple menu or the icon in the Dock.


Sys Pref Dock Icon.png
Fig. 1: System Preferences icon in Dock.

2) Click on the "Users & Groups" pane.

Users & Groups.png
Fig. 1: System Preferences icon in Dock.

3) Your account will be highlighted. Click on the "Change Password" button.

User Preference.png
Fig. 1: System Preferences icon in Dock.

4) Change your password:

Change Password.png
Fig. 1: System Preferences icon in Dock.