Owner's Manual

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What does “logging in” mean?
Mac OS X is set up to log in automatically using the user account that you
created when you set up Mac OS X. If automatic login is turned off, you
must enter a user account name and password to log in.
You want to turn off automatic login.
You can turn off automatic login using Accounts preferences.
You need to log in.
To log in, you need to enter a user account name and password. If you
see a list of users in the login window, you can click to select your user
account and then type your password. If you don’t see the list, type both
the name and password.
You can select how you want to log in using Accounts preferences. To
change Accounts preferences, you must know the name and password
for an administrator, such as the first user you created.
You can’t log in to your computer.
Make sure you are typing the user account name and password with
the same capitalization and punctuation that you used originally.
If you still can’t log in, log in as an administrator user, such as the first
user you created. Then open Accounts preferences and change your user
name or password.
If you don’t know an administrator user password and you have the
Mac OS X Install Disc 1 CD, start up your computer using the CD, choose
Reset Password from the Installer menu, and follow the onscreen
instructions.
If you don’t have the CD, contact the administrator of your computer.
You forgot your password.
If you forget your password, insert the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 CD and
restart your computer while holding down the C key. When the Installer
appears, choose Reset Password from the Installer menu.
You can’t log in to your remote account.
If your user account information is on a server and you can’t log in to your
account, see your system administrator.
Logging In to Mac OS X
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