RLGolden wrote:
I guess I don't understand the level of concern here. The machine sits at my house in my office with no other person having access to it. If the issue is a fear of someone hacking into the system, it's no big deal. There is no sensitive information stored on this machine, nor on my iPhone, iPad Pro, MacBook Air or Apple Watch. This is a machine I use to learn more about the Apple ecosystem.
You need to have a password on your primary admin account. Period. The primary admin account is the first account you set up when you first installed your Mac. It is also the "owner" account.
At some point in the future, during some unpredictable update, reset or system problem you will need to solve, either Apple or your Mac will require you to enter the password for your Mac. If you don't have one you will be SOL.
Set up your Mac to Automatically log you in ... and Never require a password on the Lock Screen. That way you won't ever have to manually enter a password when you boot the system or wake it up from sleep. But absolutely *DO* have a password on that primary account. Write it down & keep it in a safe place so you don't forget it.
