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). Select the circle with the “i” to the right of your username. Press Change to change your password. 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. Requirements for creating a new password: Minimum Length is 14 characters. Must have at least one of the following: Upper Case Letter, Lower Case Letter, and Number or Special Character (!$%# etc.).Examples: ArnoldrunningMan12, 12DaysofChristmas, B@ckTwoSquare1 are all acceptable passwords Change Frequency every 180 days. Cannot use any of the last 26 passwords. Cannot have 3 of the same character in a row. Examples: Basketballlarry1 or Heavyhammer777 20 failed attempts will lock the account for 5 minutes. This will allow for plenty of mistakes while keeping the password process more secure. Common words associated with our company are not allowed. Examples: Swinerton, Builders, Password, SRE, SOLV,12345, Timberlab, American Laminators, etc. Your name, username, or personal information cannot be used in the password. Incremental changes are no longer allowed.Example: Swinerton1 being changed to Swinerton2 or Football11 being changed to Football12 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.
