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 ...

Apple's Mac lineup of desktop computers and laptops is well-praised for its diversity, ranging from the highly capable $999 MacBook Air to the fully specced-out Mac Studio, designed to handle 3D ...

There are a number of reasons why you might want to change the password on your Mac. Perhaps you gave it to a family member and grew to regret that decision, maybe you want to change it to practice ...

The Mac has superior security and encryption protocols but it’s all for naught if you don’t have a login password added. That’s like a bank having the world’s most advanced vault and then leaving the ...

When you log into macOS every day, one of the first things you see is a circular login picture above your username. On its own, this UI element is how you and other household members will know what ...

A keychain password is the master password for your Mac's "Keychain Access" app, which stores your login information for websites and accounts across the internet. When you attempt to log into one of ...

Hidden inside the Mac Utilities folder, Keychain Access provides access to the passwords and other private information saved through your Mac’s keychain. If you think managing your passwords on the ...