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Or perhaps you’ve realized that using your pet’s name as your only password isn’t exactly smart and want to switch to a cryptographically strong password consisting of randomly generated numbers, letters, and symbols. If you use a Mac for personal purposes only, you may want to change your password because you suspect that someone might have stolen it. If you use a Mac at work, you may be required to change your password for security reasons from time to time. How to Change Password on Macīefore we teach you how you can reset Mac password when you don’t remember the original password, let’s go over how you can change a known password. - original post referred to osx 10.8.3, and it’s confirmed to work in 10.10.3.Note: To stop losing passwords we recommend to use password management software like Dashlane or google other apps yourself.- discovered the method for restarting Notification Center, and so I re-tested them all in Apple OS X El Capitan.So try these methods if you’re running OS X and find yourself with a crashed Finder, Dock or Menubar, so you can get started again quickly without a reboot. Press control-option-escape to bring up the “force quit” window. It does not work for the menubar or dock. You can also try the GUI method for applications including the Finder. Screenshot: You can also use the GUI to force quit applications Screenshot: You can also use the GUI to force quit applications Or, try the GUI method … or, Ctrl-Option-Click the Finder icon in the Dock. Menubar restart killall -KILL SystemUIServerĭock or Spaces restart killall -KILL Dock Notifications System restart killall -KILL NotificationCenter

If you find yourself with a hung Mac Notifications system, Menu-bar, Finder or Dock, just start up Terminal (hint: just type “Terminal” in Spotlight and press Enter), and issue the appropriate command.

What to do when OSX’s Menubar, Finder or Dock Crashes Has your Mac OS X menubar, Dock, Finder or notifications system crashed? These very simple Terminal commands let you restart each, tested OK from OS X version 10.8.3 through 10.11.3 as of.