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A code, key, or string of text required to gain access to a particular service or resource.

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How to extract password from Mac Mail, which isn't in the keychain

I have an old gmail account to which I forgot the password. I have it setup in Mac Mail, and I can receive emails, but I forgot its password to login to the web interface. All the internet research ...
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Persistently being signed out of iCloud across all devices

For a week now, I'll get a notification at least once a day, if not more, telling me that I am to sign back into iCloud. I then have to go across all my devices and enter the password. Every so often ...
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OS X 10.10 default username and password?

Is there a default username/password for brand new OS X installs that have yet to go through the initial setup process? I have several headless macs already racked, but no display set up for them, ...
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Encrypted External Drive Using Apple's Password Generator and Forgot the Password: Can It Be Salvaged?

I have a partition on an external HD with some Time Machine backups. I decided to encrypt the partition using Finder and used Apple's built-in password generator to create the passphrase. ...
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What might be causing Safari 6.0.2 to crash several times a day?

Safari 6.0.2 randomly crashes on me several times a day. Today I checked the console logs after it crashed, and only found this: objc[2339]: Object 0x7f9b7b41cab0 of class NSUserDefaults ...
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Reset my Macs password? I still have SSH access

I recently changed my password and promptly forgot it :P What is the best option for resetting it? I can still access the mac via SSH (ssh key auth method), can I do anything with that?
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Is it safe to enter your credentials on eBuddy for iPhone?

I'm hesitant in using it, as it asks for all your passwords for your messaging programs. What is their privacy policy? Has anyone ever had problems with it?
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iPhone says "The Apple Id you entered Couldn't be found or was incorrect. Please try again."

All of a sudden my iPhone 4 (iOS4.0.2) can no longer download apps. It says: The Apple Id you entered Couldn't be found or was incorrect. Please try again. I know for certain that the password is ...
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Mac only approves password on second entry

Every time I try to open my Mac, it doesn't approve my password the first time but approves it the second time. What is the reason?
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iTunes local backup of iOS device: can't disable encryption

I have a strange problem with iTunes local backup of an iOS device (an iPod, in this case). I know I've backed up the iPod to my computer before, but iTunes states, "Latest Backup: Your iPod has ...
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Cannot connect to App Store via iPhone - Wrong Password although password is right

So I have this weird problem. I can connect to the App Store via iTunes on my Macbook. However, if I try to connect via the iPhone appstore using the same email and password I get: "Verification ...
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Is there a default SSH password on Mac OS X?

If I create an account, and don't give it a password, what's the password to SSH it?
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How can I make my Mac accept a user password of less then 4 characters? [duplicate]

I don't want secure password for my desktop. Instead I use just two letters for quick typing. I can change password in terminal by running: passwd But terminal gives me: Failed global policy "com....
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Can I set a password on an existing dmg?

I am just wondering if it's possible to set a password to existing dmg image. There is no such option at Disk Utility.
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How long should my System password be on OS X Mavericks?

In the early versions of Mac OS X, only the first 8 characters of any password was used. Later Apple increased that number. A proper password system stores a hash not the actual password. In that ...
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Mavericks SSH keys and Keychain

Before Mavericks I could use Keychain to store my SSH keyfile passwords The connection between private key and Keychain was like this: ssh-add -K /path/of/private/key However now in Mavericks, the -...
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How to Edit a website URL for existing App password on Safari Password manager?

I have saved some items to my iPhone. How can I edit and replace URL for existing Password on iOS password Manager?
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Renamed /etc folder. I can't login anymore

I did a silly thing by renaming the /etc folder. I was asked for the admin password to change the folder's name. But it's not possible to rename it back to /etc. As if my password was wrong. I assume ...
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Auto login with FileVault in El Captain

When using File Vault on El Capitan, is there any way to disable the Auto Login, so when you start up it loads straight away without needing a password. If not, then is possible to set it so when you ...
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Password protected video

I want to protect my instructional video with a password. There is a use case. When a user wants to play an encrypted file, the encrypted file will pop up a dialog box to request the user to enter a ...
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Test a list of passwords on Sparse Image

I have a sparse image file with some important data in it I would like to retrieve. The only problem is I've forgotten the password. I have a good idea of the parts of the password and managed to ...
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Recover Yahoo password that's stored on my Mac

I forgot the password to an old Yahoo account as well as the answers to my security questions. When I try to recover it using keychain, I only find a very long series of letters and numbers that is ...
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What password does OSX Server use when importing SSL certificates?

I am migrating my website away from my home OSX server to a virtual Linux server, hosted within a proper data centre, and I have a problem with the SSL certificates I imported into OSX Server. It ...
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Our iPad is locked and we're not sure of the Apple ID / iCloud password

My Granddaughter has lost/forgotten her ID and passwords for her iPad. When the iPad powers on, it goes straight to an iCloud password request and I cannot get past it. I have installed iTunes on my ...
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How do I show content of hidden password boxes?

About 1 year ago, I set up FTP access on a webserver that's being used for our client. The project temporarily stopped and is just resuming now. I need to set up the same FTP access on another ...
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Stored password in Safari Versus Firefox

Is there a way to retrieve password stored in Safari as it is possible to do it in Firefox ?
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How to use password from keychain for login into server in automator?

I'm using Big Sur and I want to create an app using Automator and run it as login items. I add 'run shell script' in Automator and add this command: mount_smbfs //[email protected]/shared_folder /Users/...
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How can I delete a keychain password for github and vscode?

The way of deleting keychain access codes is to open the keychain access control and right click on the code and delete which worked before . But Now It doesn't and when I press delete nothing ...
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iPad repeatedly asks for WiFi password although unchanged

Sometimes our Internet service (terrestrial wireless funneled through our router to all devices in our house) temporarily stops working, but comes back up within minutes. During and after the outage ...
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Need an OSX cd to reset admin password

Issue - father in-law has alzheimers (early but impacting) Wants files from Apple laptop and can't remember password(s) Shop who set it up for him wants $$$s to unlock and reset and I said what a lot ...
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How do I mask "forbidden" chars in passwords in the mount command?

How do I properly mask/escape illegal characters like /:@\ in passwords added in the mount command? The question arose in the answer here: mount -t afp afp://adminname:password@ServerIPAddress/...
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Google Chrome vs my Keychain

Since I've left Chrome as my main browser, every time I use it as secondary browser, Chrome enters in an eternal loop requesting my password to access each keychain bundle of my system. No matter how ...
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Does Console.app also log passwords?

I'm a newb of OS X (or any flavor of *Nix for that matter) so this came to mind lately.. As the Console.app logs every single process that's running, does to also mean passwords & such are also ...
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Cross-Platform Password Management

I am looking for a password manager that is compatible with open-source password database files, such as those used by KeePass (.kdb) or PasswordSafe (.psafe3). Both of those projects have terrible ...
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Filevault 2 and Changing the Password

If I have a system with FileVault 2 enabled on the system and on the Time Machine drive, what happens if I change my system password? Is the encryption based on my login (being able to log in) or is ...
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Change sudo prompt in macos

I am trying to change the default sudo prompt that is used in macos to match what I am used to in linux. I want to know that I am expected to put my sudo password and not some other password. I tried ...
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Why I can't login to my Mac without typing in my password sometimes?

In 99% of the time, I can log in to my sleeping Mac (M1 MacBook Air) using TouchID. But sometimes it shows that 'password is required to log in' screen, and the TouchID seems to be not working. This ...
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Is there another place that passwords are saved in for iOS apps vs safari?

I log into Wells Fargo's app with Face ID. But when I try to log in via the web, the password I have saved in iOS does not work (an old password, apparently). I'm assuming that to log into the app, my ...
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I have problem when I make Apple ID using iTunes

I have problem when I make an Apple ID using iTunes. The email with a code arrives, but I can not create the id. What are the password complexity rules to get past this error?
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Password with £ when using security add-generic-password / find-generic-password

How do I add/retrieve a password that contains £ using security add-generic-password and security find-generic-password? security add-generic-password -a username -s "test" -w abc -U ...
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How do I access LastPass Passwords on iOS/iPadOS from web browser?

Unlike macOS, there are no browser extensions to integrate LastPass on iOS or iPadOS in the web browser. Although I've installed the LastPass app on my iPhone & iPad, How do I access my passwords ...
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How to change the password of a local admin user that has never being logged in using a bash script

Every Mac OS X system in my company uses 3 local users accounts. 1st user is a local administrator user, the 2nd user is a local standard user and the 3rd user is a local administrator user. The 3rd ...
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macOS: Setting up an administrative account from a user account without admin password

I need to get administrative privileges from a standard user account. I am using macOS Sierra 10.12.6. I have six accounts on my MacBook for me and my family. One of them is administrative and the ...
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Is my Apple Id under attack, and how do I fix it?

So I got an e-mail from Apple which says: You recently requested a password reset for your Apple ID. To complete the process, click the link below. Reset now > If you didn’t make this change or ...
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Changing password of admin account from inside the root (superadmin) account

I forgot the password of my admin account on my MacBook, although I still remember the password of the root account. Is there a way to change the password of an admin account from within the root ...
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How to stop Safari from saving passwords for certain page?

I am programming a certain webpage with login and Safari is asking me if I want to save my password every time I try it (I have to try it a number of times, because it's the point of the webpage). ...
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How to avoid password prompt in terminal?

So sometimes my Mac loses its connection to the Internet. When I'm in front of it physically I can use the terminal and do the following to repair it: networksetup -setnetworkserviceenabled ...
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Refurbished phone prompts me for previous owner's password

I recently received a replacement iPhone 5 from my insurance provider, sealed in Apple refurbished packaging (and they maintain that the device came directly from Apple). After doing a factory reset,...
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How to remove connected passwords on Wi-Fi on Mac

I want to remove the connected Wi-Fi password on my Mac so that it always ask me for my Wi-Fi password, but I am unable to do so. How can I do this? I tried this by going towards System Preferences -&...
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What can I do besides taking in to service a Macbook to remove a firmware password?

I have a MacBook Pro w/ Retina (2012 I believe) which has a firmware password which I don't know. Since it is a retina I can't use the remove RAM trick. If I go to reformat and reinstall the MBP will ...
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