Passwords

If you have multiple users on your Mac, eventually someone will forget their password. This is no problem for the Administrator... it's easy to reset a users password. Note: You need to be using an Administrator account to do this tip.

Here is how to do it:
Open 'System Preferences'
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Keychain in OS X is a great place to store all of your passwords. In fact, when you login to your account, your keychain is unlocked, since you have authenticated by logging in. Whenever you use Safari to store a password, it saves it in the keychain - as do most Mac apps.

The problem I suffer from is that I constantly am forgetting a password to a site I have previously logged into before. Since some browsers don't work with the Keychain (Firefox.. Camino..etc), I don't have the convenience of Safari auto-filling in the blanks for me. By the way, this tip works for anything that you have saved in your Keychain.

Here is how I get my forgotten password.

Click on the 'Finder' to make it the active app. Now, from the menu, choose 'Go->Utilities'

Next, choose 'Keychain Access'
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Secure your Mac with a screensaver password. This also will prevent someone from waking your Mac from sleep and using your account. They will be prompted to authenticate or 'Switch User'.

Open System Preferences,
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