a user account allows you to sign in to
your Mac OS computer by default your Mac
already has one user account which you
are required to create when setting up
your computer but if you have several
people using the computer you may want
to create a separate account for each
person each user can set up the Mac the
way they like including customizing
their settings and even maintaining
separate folders and files to create a
new user account begin by clicking the
Apple icon select system preferences and
then choose users and groups in this
window you'll see a lock icon if the
lock is closed you'll need to click it
and type an administrator password to
make the changes if you only have one
account you'll just use the password for
that one
then select unlock click the plus button
to begin creating a new account any new
users you add are automatically assigned
a standard account but you also have the
option of changing it by clicking the
drop down menu here administrator
accounts are used for making changes to
system settings or managing other
people's accounts but you may not want
to use one all the time as it makes it
easier to accidentally change important
settings a better solution is to give
everybody a standard account and only
log in as an administrator when you need
to change something
this computer doesn't need more than one
administrator so I'm going to keep this
as a standard account next you'll need
to fill in some information the account
name will appear automatically then
create a password and if you want you
can type a password hint to help you
remember it when you're finished click
create user to switch user accounts
click the Apple icon and select logout
from here you can choose the account you
want to use to log in if you like you
can create more user accounts to fit
your needs creating separate user
accounts can help you and the other
people who use your computer improve and
personalize the Mac OS experience
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