Hi Philippe

Many thanks for the instructions.  I’ll do this later, as a heap of work to get 
through at the moment.

You make it sound very straight forward - just what I need.

Thanks again
Julie

> On 18 Jun 2019, at 6:36 PM, Philippe Chaperon <laut...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Julie, 
> 
> If you click on the Apple Logo on the top left hand corner, then navigate to:
> 
> -  System Preferences
> -  Users & Groups
> -  Under ‘Current User’ column ensure your Name (Admin) is highlighted
> -  On right hand column choose Password when you will see next to your name a 
> ‘Change Password …’ button. Click on it.
> -   A window will appear showing:  Old Password (leave blank), New password: 
> Enter your password there, Verify: Enter the same password, Password hint: 
> Enter something that will remind you of the password e.g. name of your first 
> dog or whatever is relevant to the chosen password. 
> 
> This should do the trick. 
> 
> Good luck & best regards, 
> 
> Philippe Chaperon
> Philippe dit la Grenouille ...🐸
> 
> On 18 Jun 2019, at 10:36 am, Julie Bedford <jew...@iinet.net.au 
> <mailto:jew...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ronni,
> I know what you are saying, but when my friend was setting the network etc up 
> for me, I wasn’t around so he just left it blank.  I work from home, so other 
> than someone breaking in, I wasn’t too worried.  However, I would like to put 
> a password in,  How do I do this?  I would need to change from the blank to a 
> password.
> 
> Thanks Ronni
> 
> Julie
> 
>> On 18 Jun 2019, at 7:31 AM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com 
>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Julie,
>> 
>> I’m amazed that you don’t use a Password on your Administrator Account on 
>> your Work iMac? 
>> Anyone gets hold of your iMac they can access everything on your computer...
>> 
>> Kind Regards,
>> Ronni
>> 
>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 17 Jun 2019, at 10:59 pm, Julie Bedford <jew...@iinet.net.au 
>>> <mailto:jew...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I sussed it, simply by shutting down and re-starting.  I’m gobsmacked that 
>>> Mojave has retained all my bookmarks, mail and all folders/documents as 
>>> they were in El Capitan.  I’m hoping that saying all is good and working 
>>> how it should ?
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Jewels
>>> 
>>>> On 17 Jun 2019, at 9:54 PM, Julie Bedford <jew...@iinet.net.au 
>>>> <mailto:jew...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> 
>>>> Hope someone can help me.  I was using El Capitan on my work Imac.  When a 
>>>> friend set this up for me he left the Password blank, so when I logged on, 
>>>>  I would just leave it blank and hit on the Owl to open.  Today I upgraded 
>>>> the O/S to Mojave and it will not accept a blank password.  Any 
>>>> suggestions on what I can do please.
>>>> 
>>>> In desperation
>>>> Jewels
>>>> 
>>> 
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