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Step 1
Start up "System Preferences" from the Apple menu, the "Dock" or by double-clicking its icon in the "Applications" folder.
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Step 2
Select "Accounts" from the "System" tier (first icon in the list at far left).
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Step 3
Click on the "+" icon at the bottom of the left "Accounts" pane to add a new user. If some options are grayed out, you may need to enter an administrator name and password.
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Step 4
Fill in the fields in the resulting right-hand window pane. You will enter a "Name," a "Short Name" and a "Password," and you will also be asked to "Verify" the password.
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Step 5
Review the other tabs available above the right-hand window pane. The process also begins with the left-most tab ("Password") but there are three other tabs, "Picture," "Security" and "Startup Items."
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Step 6
Highlight the second tab, "Picture," to assign a picture to the new user. This can be a graphic image that came installed on the Mac, or another image from you own picture collection. Although the "Pictures" folder is the default location for photos and clip art, the folder from which you select your system "Picture" can be located anywhere on your hard drive(s).
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Step 7
Highlight the third tab, "Security," to make changes to the settings affecting access to the user's home folder and other data.
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Step 8
Highlight the fourth and last tab, "Startup Items," to list those applications and folders that you want to have open automatically when you log on. This is accomplished with the "+" icon below the list window. The items in the list can be dragged into the order in which you want them to start up.
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Step 9
Exit the "Accounts" area by closing the window (which will leave "System Preferences" running), or choose "Quit" from the "System Preferences" menu and shut down the application at the same time.
