• Upper-case (capital) letters (e.g. A)
• Lower-case (small) letters (e.g. a)
• Numbers (e.g. 1)
• Symbols (e.g. %)
• Not found in a dictionary (including foreign languages)
• Never used anywhere else
• Not a username or other personal identifier
• At least 8 characters long

Here are a few examples:

Bad

Good

123 (too short with numbers only) abc (too short with lower-case letters only) password (lower-case letters only and found in a dictionary) GaryL-1963 (username or other personal identifier) Abc123 (too short with no symbols)

!1314,RtB1!4S. (14 characters and follows all other recommendations so long as it is not used anywhere else) Mnemonic: In 1314, Robert the Bruce won independence for Scotland. Ch3@p R0ck (10 characters [spaces count] with no vowels and follows all other recommendations so long as it is not used anywhere else) Mnemonic: Cheap Rock &r3wc2J3sus41pb. (16 characters and follows all other recommendations so long as it is not used anywhere else) Mnemonic: Andrew came to Jesus for a priesthood blessing. J2cwr20p!1vb! (13 characters and follows all other recommendations so long as it is not used anywhere else) Mnemonic: Jumping to conclusions with regards to other people is a very bad idea.

Here is a very good video on setting up good passwords.

In most cases, passwords are case-sensitive, meaning that Apple ≠ apple.

For those who use Windows operating systems, but don't know how to change your password, I recommend watching a video that shows you how to change your Windows password.

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