MAC Password Change
Notes
Changing your password on a PC is entirely different with users of MACs. If a password change is done incorrectly, you will be unable to access, or see, network drives, its contents or other tasks.
Steps to properly change your password on a MAC
- Navigate to reset.swinerton.com and select Swinerton User Self-service Password Reset
- Once your password is changed, go to Settings>Users & Groups or press Command+Spacebar to get to a search box, and type system settings (image 3b, below).
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Select the circle with the “i” to the right of your username.
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Press Change to change your password.
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Enter Old Password (Current MAC sign in password), New Password (from reset.swinerton.com), once again at the verify text box, and finally Change Password.
- Press OK to complete password change.
- Navigate to the Apple icon in the upper-left, and Lock Screen.
- Enter your new password to sign back in.
- Navigate to the drive, and you should be prompted to sign in. Be sure to type in SI\ before your username. Example: SI\peter.dederko
- You should now be able to view the contents of your Z drive.
- To access the Z drive, or a path in the Z drive –
- Navigate to Go>Connect to Server…
- You must type in the path, press the + sign, and save it as a favorite.