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I. Open the System Settings Click on the Apple Icon in the top left corner of your screen And select "System Settings" in the drop-down menu
| II. Navigate to Users & Groups When you are in the submenu of "Users & Groups" go to the information icon next to your account (as shown in the following graphic)
| III. Click on the button "Change" to get to the next menu Check again if it is the correct account/username which you want to change the password for and select the Change button.
| IV. Change the initial password into your own secure password First type in the initial password, that you got provided by us into the field "Old Password". Next type in your new secure password. Finally you can leave a password hint for yourself, it is optional, but in some cases it can be really helpful. Confirm it by clicking "Change Password"
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Step2 - Activate FileVault Encryption : University guidelines demand that mobile storage devices are encrypted! How to encrypt your harddisk on your Macbook in short: Apple Icon > System Settings > Privacy&Security > FileVault > Turn On. Afterwards you will retrieve a recovery key. Save the recovery key!! E.g.copy it into a document, then print it and keep the document in a save place!! If lost, in a worst-case scenario all data on the device will be inaccessible!
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f. You will get asked how you want to set up the data recovery (recovery key OR iCloud account), we recommend to create a recovery key, because otherwise you would have to mix up your personal/private iCloud account (if you even have one) with a device for work. After you have chosen one of the options, please confirm it with "Continue".
g. Next you should get kind of provided a recovery which can be seen in the shown pompt.
h. Finally, you can proceed to the actual Bitlocker activation - as depicted in the screenshots below.
by the system just like the one you can see below. Copy the code and paste it into an empty text file, which you then can print out, as described before. Once you are sure that you have noted the recovery key, proceed by clicking Continue.
h. EXCELLENT! Now the prompt will show you shortly a progress of the encryption and in the end it should look like the graphic shown below. FINALLYi. EXCELLENT, now Bitlocker is activated and your device is compliant with the university's guidelines. You can easily check if the hard drive is Bitlocker encrypted by looking at the hard drive symbol, which is now should be marked with a lock. FINALLY, in case you have not printed out the Bitlocker FileVault recovery key already, please do so and maybe make a copy of it. As soon as you printed it out, store it in a safe place (but not near the device) and the copy you can hand in to the working group's (AG's) secretary/assistent.
Step3 - u:print Setup
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