*Note: If you've activated FileVault, this procedure doesn't apply. You should now be able to log in with the new password, but the Keychain will be reset (empty.) If you've forgotten the Keychain password (which is ordinarily the same as the login password), there's no way to recover it. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9. Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.įollow the prompts to reset the password. You won't be able to do this if FileVault is active. Select the startup volume ('Macintosh HD,' unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected. Close the Terminal window to get it out of the way. Click the lock in the bottom left corner of the Users & Groups window. Click the Apple icon, then click System Preferences Click on Users & Groups. Select System Preferences from the drop down menu. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this: How to change the login password on your Mac Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen. When the OS X Utilities window appears, selectįrom the menu bar at the top of the screen- not from any of the items in the OS X Utilities window. In OS X 10.10 and later, this option also works with FileVault, but only if you enabled it when you activated FileVault. If the user account is associated with an Apple ID, and you know the Apple ID password, then maybe the Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password. You can select one of the available layouts by choosing from the flag menu in the upper right corner, if it's showing, or cycle through them by pressing the key combination command-space or command-option-space. Another reason why the password might not be recognized is that the keyboard layout (input source) has been switched without your realizing it.

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