A number of readers have reported an issue where non-admin users are unable to log in to their accounts after the Mac OS X 10.3.9 update. Matt Zehner writes: "My wife tried to log into her account for ...

Forgetting your admin password on a Mac can be a stressful situation, but there are several methods to recover access to your account. One of the most effective and versatile methods is using the ...

macOS features powerful parental controls that, once enabled, allow you to monitor and restrict the time your children spend on your Mac, ensuring they enjoy a safe and secure experience. You can set ...

Have you ever lost your user account password for your Mac? You know, the one which lets you get into your Mac at login, or install software, or delete stuff from the ...

Mac OS X uses user ID numbers -- not alphanumeric usernames -- to define user permissions. As such, it is a bad idea (from a security standpoint) to assign the same user ID to two different users, ...

macOS features powerful parental controls that, once enabled, allow you to monitor and restrict the time your children spend on your Mac, ensuring they enjoy a safe and secure experience. You can set ...

You’re probably aware that OS X is powered by Unix at its core. This core brings a lot of geeky technologies, like memory management and multitasking, that help make the OS X experience so pleasant.

There are a couple of places on your Mac where your name – or some other name – might appear: the account name and Home folder. The name that appears is based on the Full Name you gave when you (or ...

Have you stopped using your Mac as a shared device and want to remove/delete other user accounts? If so, do not worry, as Apple provides the flexibility to remove a user from the Mac conveniently.

I've an old Mac Mini – just for local content caching and serving stuff – running Sonoma, via OCLP. One botched OCLP update borked it, so after I checked the SSD for errors in target mode I ...