Add a User Account

You can share your Mac with another person by creating a user account for that person. This enables the person to log on to OS X and use the system. The new user account is completely separate from your own account. This means that the other person can change settings, create documents, and perform other OS X tasks without interfering with your own settings or data. For maximum privacy for all users, you should set up each user account with a password.

Add a User Account

001 Open System Preferences.

Note: See the “Display System Preferences” section, earlier in this chapter.

Click Users & Groups.

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