Month: August 2022

 We sometimes forget our passwords at some point. For online accounts, you just click a few links, enter your email address, and reset your password. But what happens when you forget your password to log into your Mac?

There are a few different methods you can use, and the way you unlock your Mac without a password may depend on whether you linked your Apple ID to a user account on your Mac during setup, or if you have one of the new M1 Max . If you didn’t link your Apple ID, that’s okay, there is another option to reset your account password. Here’s how to start regaining control of your Mac computer, let’s see!

Use your Apple ID to reset your Mac‘s password

Ideally, you’ll link your Apple ID to your user account on your Mac during initial setup, so you can reset your user password with just a few clicks.

After entering the wrong user password three times, you will be asked if you want to restart your computer to see password recovery options. After restarting, you will be asked to log in with your Apple ID, select the user account for which you want to reset the password, and enter the new user account password.

Unlock your Mac with another administrator account

If you share your Mac with a friend or family member and they forget their password, chances are you can reset the password for them. The key here is that you need access to an admin user account.

Usually, people setting up a Mac for the first time have an administrator account by default, but you can check by logging into your account and opening System Preferences > Users & Groups and looking at the list of user accounts on your Mac. Below the username will be the account type – if it says “Administrator”, you can reset the user’s password.

To do this, in the same Users and Groups screen, click the lock and enter your administrator name and password when prompted. Next, select the user whose password you need to reset, then click the button labeled “Reset Password” and follow the instructions.

recovery mode

If none of these methods work, you’ll need to boot your Mac into recovery mode to access the password reset tool.

The process of entering recovery mode will depend on the type of Mac you have. For Macs with Intel processors, press and hold the Command and R keys on the keyboard, then press the power button. Press and hold Command+R until you see a progress bar appear below the Apple logo. You can also enter Recovery Mode by restarting your Mac and trying to time the Command+R keyboard combination, but in my experience, starting with shutting down the Mac is the most reliable method.

For the recently released Macbook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini with the Apple M1 processor, you need to shut down the computer, then press and hold the power button until the options button appears. Click on it and select Restore.

Now that your Mac is in recovery mode, click Utilities in the menu bar, then click Terminal. A new window will appear, waiting for you to enter a command. Type ” resetpassword ” as a single word without the quotation marks and press Return.

Close the terminal window and there you will find the reset password tool. Follow the prompts, including logging in with your Apple ID, and selecting the user account for which you need to change your password.

If FileVault is enabled on your Mac, you can still

FileVault is an optional MacOS feature that encrypts your Mac’s hard drive and all data stored on it. It’s usually turned on during initial setup, or you can turn it on later in System Preferences.

If you have FileVault turned on, you have two additional options to reset your user password. You can wait up to a minute on the user login screen for a prompt to press the power button to restart the Mac into recovery mode. Follow the instructions to restart your computer, after which you should see the Reset Password window appear.

Another option is to use the recovery key that should be noted when FileVault is enabled. You can enter your recovery key after three failed login attempts. Be sure to use capital letters and enter hyphens – they are required.

You can prevent this from happening, you just need to be more proactive in storing your recovery key and remembering your password during setup. Here’s how to lock your Mac.

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