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\labtitle{Help Topic: Adding a New User Account to a Lab-Provided Mac}
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\labdate{Spring 2020}
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\labauth{Michael Benjamin, mikerb@mit.edu}
\labauth{Department of Mechanical Engineering}
\labauth{MIT, Cambridge MA 02139}
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\section*{Adding a New User Account to a Lab-Provided Mac}
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This topic is the first step for the student who has just taken
possession of a 2.680 course-provide Mac for use in lab exercises.
When the machine is first powered on, it presents a set of user login
options. Log in as the administrator, with the password given in
class. And then do the following to set up your new user account:


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\item Open the {\em System Preferences} tool by selecting the {\em System
  Preferences} icon in the Dock of applications on the lower part of
  the window. If you don't know which icon to click, move the mouse
  over each icon until you see {\em System Preferences}. The {\em
    System Preferences} tool may also be launched from the Apple
  pull-down menu on the very upper left of your screen. 
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\item Click on the Users \&amp; Groups icon in the System section.  Once
  you have opened the Users \&amp; Groups window, click on the "Add User"
  button.

\item At the top of the window, there is a setting \var{"New
  User"} with the default set to \var{"Standard"}. Click on
  \var{"Standard"} and change this to \var{"Administrator"}. You will need admin
  privileges to install code on the computer.

\item You will be prompted for the original administrator password
  again, enter it.

\item Enter your actual name in the \var{"Full Name:"} field. In the
  \var{"Account Name"} field, I recommend using your MIT Athena
  (email) account name. (If you are \var{jsmith@mit.edu}, I recommend
  choosing \var{jsmith} as your account name.)

\item After the new account is created, log out by pulling down the
  Apple menu in the upper left corner of the computer screen.  Select
  Log Out.

\item Log back in as yourself. You should now have admin privileges to
  install further software if needed.

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