Mac OS - Change current password

Mac OS - Change current password

Poblem

A user of a Mac computer needs to change their current Mac OS logon password.

Applies to

  1. Mac OS

Resolution

Customers may wish to change the password they currently use to log into their Mac with, use the steps below:

  1. Click Apple symbol (top left) then choose Systm Settings in the menu.
  2. Then scroll down the category list on left side, then click Users and Groups.
  3. Then click the (i) symbol to the right of the account name and picture.
  4. Then click Change button.
  5. At the Old Password edit prompt enter the current password.
  6. Then at the New password edit prompt enter the new password you wish to log into the compter with.
  7. Then at the at the Verify prompt re-type the new password entered above.  The two entriees for New Password and Verify must match.
  8. [Optional] At the Password Hint edit field type in something that may remind you of the password as a hint.

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