Creating a new user in Mac OS X

  1. From the "Apple" menu, select "System Preferences"
  2. From the View menu, select "Users & Groups"
  3. Click the padlock in the bottom left corner of the window, and authenticate (you must be an administrator)
  4. Under the list of user accounts, click + (Bottom).
  5. From the menu next to "New Account", select the type of account you want to create.   Administrator user will have full permissions and Standard user will have limited permissions.  
  6. Enter "Full Name"
  7. Enter "Account Name" wish is the user.
  8. In the "Password" field, type a password for the user, and then type it again in the "Verify".
  9. Click Create User or Create Account.

Deleting a user in Mac OS X

  1. From the "Apple" menu, select "System Preferences"
  2. From the View menu, select "Users & Groups"
  3. Click the padlock in the bottom left corner of the window, and authenticate (you must be an administrator)
  4. Select the name of the user you want to delete, and click - (minus sign on bottom).
  5. According to what you want to do with the user's data, you can choose Save the home folder in a disk image, Don't change the home folder, or Delete the home folder.
  6. Click Delete User