Guest user account is named as "other". When you click the icon, it asks for a username and password. I opened "users" in "system settings" and it only lets you disable or enable guest user account.
MacBook Pro, iOS 10.3.2
Read this article : macOS Sierra: Guest user pane of System Preferences
Open system preferences > Users and groups ,If you click on pad lock it will ask for your admin name and password and not as guest account , as guest never needs a password to login , the admin will give permissions to guests to use the browser .
Hello.
The easiest way of resetting the password to either your main "user" account or a "guest user" account is to simply restart the computer in recovery mode. To start you will want to close out of open windows and shut the computer down. To enter recovery mode simply hold the CMD + R keys immediately after turning the computer on (command and R must be held down immediately after pushing the power to turn on mac). Once you see the loading bar and the apple symbol you can let go of the keys and are ready for the next step. More detailed explanation about recovery here: About macOS Recovery - Apple Support
After entering recovery mode you will notice things look different. After selecting your language or entering wifi password if needed you should see a macos utilities page with 4 options. You will want to ignore these options as we will need to access the top menu bar. Look up near the apple symbol in the top left of computer then over to "Utilities" menu option. Select this menu, then select terminal. Type in terminal command "resetpassword" without the quotations and press enter. This should allow you to choose the guest account and successfully reset password. To exit recovery mode simply restart computer using the apple menu on top left. More on different options of resetting user accounts here: Change or reset the password of a macOS user account - Apple Support
Hope this helps! 🙂
do not do that without backup all your files first!
About macOS Recovery - Apple Support
is NOT the suggested way to change passwords (except the administrator password - and only if your backed up)
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yes that's one way. another way without using sudo(1) is to su(1) admin then maybe su(1) root and run passwd(1).
people who re-sell mac are supposed to run About macOS Recovery - Apple Support before selling it (by Apple's request). unfortunately they didn't
in this case i do suggest you run About macOS Recovery - Apple Support.
you shouldn't be using an iMac that's been "fiddled with by others" you should have the experience of using it like new
but you may already have signed into iCloud - if you did you should be able to use the same iCloud login you already created.
Once again, the Guest account will not be named "Other." It is named "Guest." That is all it will every be named.
"Other" showing up in the login indicates that either the root user has been enabled or there are users which are marked to not show up in the login window.
Since it is used and was not configured properly for resale, I suggest you follow the steps outlined in this article:
What to do before you sell or give away your Mac - Apple Support
Other does not indicate a Guest user. It is for entering a username and password of an existing user.
As Eric noted, it will show up if you've enabled the root user, but I have seen some software create a user account that is hidden (there are various ways), and it also shows Other in that case.
Thank you. I found another forum that had people go into the terminal part and add a password for the guest user. It was "sudo passwd guest". So I typed in the user name box, "guest user" and in password box, "sudo passwd guest" and it opened. (My father bought the MacBook Pro from a used computer dealer).
How to remove password of other account?
