My laptop wasn't charging for a while, so I forgot the password for it. I went to log back in, and when I remembered I forgot the password, I went to reset it with my apple id, all the info was correct, I even changed the pass and email used, but it still wasn't working. I'm not sure what to do. I have a Mac Book Air.
1 Answer
You can reset your user password directly from your MacBook Air.
Resetting password from Recovery Mode
To reset your password from Recovery Mode, follow these steps:
- Power off your Mac
- Boot into Recovery Mode by pressing the power button while holding down CommandR
- If prompted, select your language and press enter
- Choose Utilities > Terminal.
- Enter resetpassword (all one word, lowercase letters)
- Press Return
- Select the drive with your account (typically the main drive)
- Choose your account using Select the User Account.
- Enter a new password
- Re-enter the same password
- Enter a password hint
- Click Save
- Ignore the warning about the password changing
- Click OK.
- Shutdown the Mac using Apple > Shut Down
- Restart the Mac normally and use the new password to log into your account
Let me know how you go or if I misunderstood your question.
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I am not sure why but the official guide to reset password is not working fine as your guide does. Thank you for helping as I cannot login immediately after trying to setup and logged out my MBP. I guess I broke the record of fastest forgot password world record– tom10271Aug 8, 2019 at 7:34
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Does this mean that someone else can get into my MacBook user account by following this procedure?– P iDec 5, 2020 at 6:41
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Whether or not this exact procedure could be used by someone to get into your Mac user account depends on your setup. Generally, though, there are a number of ways people could get into a user's account on a Mac (or Windows PC, for that matter). And there are a number of options people can take to secure their data (e.g. linking your account to your Apple ID). You may find this of interest as well.– Monomeeth ♦Dec 5, 2020 at 6:58