Create Dedicated User Account (Mac)

While not required, it is helpful to create a dedicated user account for your Mac so that you can customized it for the training video without messing with your current day-to-day settings. An added advantage of setting up a dedicated user account is that you basically will have most of the settings set the next time you use this account.

Set up a dedicated new user Mac account for recording:

  1. From the Apple menu select System Preferences… and then select Users & Groups
  2. Click on the Lock icon at the bottom of the screen that appears and in the dialog box that appears, enter username and a password and then click the Unlock button.
  3. Click the plus (+) sign at the bottom of the screen and then:
  4. Log out of your current account and log into the new account
  5. Once you are signed into the new account, select don’t sign in radio button
  6. Click the Continue button
  7. In the dialog box that appears, click the Skip button and then the Continue button until completed