Creating a new user in Mac OS X
- From the "Apple" menu, select "System Preferences"
- From the View menu, select "Users & Groups"
- Click the padlock in the bottom left corner of the window, and authenticate (you must be an administrator)
- Under the list of user accounts, click + (Bottom).
- 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.
- Enter "Full Name"
- Enter "Account Name" wish is the user.
- In the "Password" field, type a password for the user, and then
type it again in the "Verify".
- Click Create User or Create Account.
Deleting a user in Mac OS X
- From the "Apple" menu, select "System Preferences"
- From the View menu, select "Users & Groups"
- Click the padlock in the bottom left corner of the window, and authenticate (you must be an administrator)
- Select the name of the user you want to delete, and click - (minus sign on bottom).
- 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.
- Click Delete User
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