Hi Philippe Many thanks for the instructions. I’ll do this later, as a heap of work to get through at the moment.
You make it sound very straight forward - just what I need. Thanks again Julie > On 18 Jun 2019, at 6:36 PM, Philippe Chaperon <laut...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi Julie, > > If you click on the Apple Logo on the top left hand corner, then navigate to: > > - System Preferences > - Users & Groups > - Under ‘Current User’ column ensure your Name (Admin) is highlighted > - On right hand column choose Password when you will see next to your name a > ‘Change Password …’ button. Click on it. > - A window will appear showing: Old Password (leave blank), New password: > Enter your password there, Verify: Enter the same password, Password hint: > Enter something that will remind you of the password e.g. name of your first > dog or whatever is relevant to the chosen password. > > This should do the trick. > > Good luck & best regards, > > Philippe Chaperon > Philippe dit la Grenouille ...🐸 > > On 18 Jun 2019, at 10:36 am, Julie Bedford <jew...@iinet.net.au > <mailto:jew...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: > > Hi Ronni, > I know what you are saying, but when my friend was setting the network etc up > for me, I wasn’t around so he just left it blank. I work from home, so other > than someone breaking in, I wasn’t too worried. However, I would like to put > a password in, How do I do this? I would need to change from the blank to a > password. > > Thanks Ronni > > Julie > >> On 18 Jun 2019, at 7:31 AM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Julie, >> >> I’m amazed that you don’t use a Password on your Administrator Account on >> your Work iMac? >> Anyone gets hold of your iMac they can access everything on your computer... >> >> Kind Regards, >> Ronni >> >> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >> >> >>> On 17 Jun 2019, at 10:59 pm, Julie Bedford <jew...@iinet.net.au >>> <mailto:jew...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I sussed it, simply by shutting down and re-starting. I’m gobsmacked that >>> Mojave has retained all my bookmarks, mail and all folders/documents as >>> they were in El Capitan. I’m hoping that saying all is good and working >>> how it should ? >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jewels >>> >>>> On 17 Jun 2019, at 9:54 PM, Julie Bedford <jew...@iinet.net.au >>>> <mailto:jew...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Hope someone can help me. I was using El Capitan on my work Imac. When a >>>> friend set this up for me he left the Password blank, so when I logged on, >>>> I would just leave it blank and hit on the Owl to open. Today I upgraded >>>> the O/S to Mojave and it will not accept a blank password. Any >>>> suggestions on what I can do please. >>>> >>>> In desperation >>>> Jewels >>>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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