By Joe Hutsko, Barbara Boyd. If you have many user accounts set up on your Mac and each has a password, you should have a plan if someone forgets his password. By setting up a master password, the administrator of the Mac (probably you), can override any encrypting that the user may have set up and reset the password.
- Changing the password of any account but your own on your Mac. To change a password on your own Mac, just follow these steps: Choose Apple→System Preferences, or double-click its icon in your Applications folder and then click the Users & Groups icon.
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- Top Mac Password Manager Apps. Forgetting passwords can be part of the daily routine thanks to.
- Password utilities for OS X fall into two distinct categories: 1Password and everything else. Agile Web Solutions’ $40 1Password utility ( ) offers integration with ten different browsers.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Command-I | Create new item. |
| Command‑E | Edit the selected item. |
| Return | Copy the selected item detail. Perform the default action for the selected item. |
| Command-Return | Open the website for the selected Login item in a new tab and fill your username and password. |
| Command‑C | Copy the username of the selected item. |
| Shift‑Command‑C | Copy the password of the selected item. |
| Shift‑Control‑Command‑C | Copy the one-time password of the selected item. |
| Control-Option | Reveal all passwords in the item details. |
| Command‑O | Open the selected item in a separate window. |
| Command-F | Search 1Password X. |
| Command-Down Arrow | Open the category menu. |
| Command‑D | Show vaults. |
| Command-G | Show the password generator. |
| Command-C | Copy and save a password from the password generator. |
| Esc | Dismiss the 1Password X pop-up. Clear the search field. |
| Space bar | Expand item overview banners. |
| Shift-Command-L | Lock 1Password. |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + I | Create new item. |
| Ctrl + E | Edit the selected item. |
| Enter | Copy the selected item detail. Perform the default action for the selected item. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Open the website for the selected Login item in a new tab and fill your username and password. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy the username of the selected item. |
| Shift + Ctrl + C | Copy the password of the selected item. |
| Shift + Ctrl + Windows logo key + C | Copy the one-time password of the selected item. |
| Ctrl + Alt | Reveal all passwords in the item details. |
| Ctrl + O | Open the selected item in a separate window. |
| Ctrl + F | Search 1Password X. |
| Ctrl + Down Arrow | Open the category menu. |
| Ctrl + D | Show vaults. |
| Ctrl + G | Show the password generator. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy and save a password from the password generator. |
| Esc | Dismiss the 1Password X pop-up. Clear the search field. |
| Space bar | Expand item overview banners. |
| Shift + Ctrl + L | Lock 1Password. |
The user account named ”root” is a superuser with read and write privileges to more areas of the system, including files in other macOS user accounts. The root user is disabled by default. If you can log in to your Mac with an administrator account, you can enable the root user, then log in as the root user to complete your task.
The root user account is not intended for routine use. Its privileges allow changes to files that are required by your Mac. To undo such changes, you might need to reinstall your system software. You should disable the root user after completing your task.
It's safer to use the sudo command in Terminal instead of enabling the root user. To learn about sudo, open the Terminal app and enter man sudo.
Enable or disable the root user
- Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups (or Accounts).
- Click , then enter an administrator name and password.
- Click Login Options.
- Click Join (or Edit).
- Click Open Directory Utility.
- Click in the Directory Utility window, then enter an administrator name and password.
- From the menu bar in Directory Utility:
- Choose Edit > Enable Root User, then enter the password that you want to use for the root user.
- Or choose Edit > Disable Root User.
Log in as the root user
When the root user is enabled, you have the privileges of the root user only while logged in as the root user.
- Choose Apple menu > Log Out to log out of your current user account.
- At the login window, log in with the user name ”root” and the password you created for the root user.
If the login window is a list of users, click Other, then log in.
Remember to disable the root user after completing your task.
Change the root password
Change Mac Os Password
- Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups (or Accounts).
- Click , then enter an administrator name and password.
- Click Login Options.
- Click Join (or Edit).
- Click Open Directory Utility.
- Click in the Directory Utility window, then enter an administrator name and password.
- From the menu bar in Directory Utility, choose Edit > Change Root Password…
- Enter a root password when prompted.