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Click the Info button next to your user name on the right. Click Change. Enter your current password in the Old Password field. Enter your new password in the New Password field, then enter it again in the Verify field. For help choosing a secure password, click the Key button next to the New Password field.
A login password has been set for this user. Click Change to change the login password and password hint for the current user. While changing the password, you can use the Password Assistant to help you select a secure password. Click the key next to the New Password field. See Tips for creating secure passwords.
- Overview
- Make sure you're on the login window
- Enter a password up to three times
- Choose a password-reset option
- If you can't reset your password
If you've forgotten the password you use to log in to your Mac user account, or your password isn't being accepted, choose a reset option from the login window.
These steps are for devices running macOS Catalina or later. The steps for devices running macOS Mojave or earlier If you're not sure which macOS you're using, complete these steps first.
The login window will appear after you've turned on, restarted or logged out of your Mac. It's not the same as the window you see when you wake your Mac from sleep or stop the screen saver, but it uses the same password.
•If you can see the Shut Down, Restart and Sleep buttons, you're on the login window.
•If you see a Switch User button, click it to switch to the login window.
•If you see different buttons or no buttons, press and hold the power button on your Mac for up to 10 seconds, until your Mac turns off. (Every Mac has a power button. On laptop computers that have Touch ID, press and hold Touch ID.) Then press the power button again to turn your Mac back on. It then starts up to the login window.
After making sure you're on the login window, enter any password up to three times until you see one of the password-reset options listed below.
Option 1: restart and show password options
1.If you see the option to restart and show password reset options, click it to restart your Mac. 2.What happens next depends on how your Mac is set up. •If you're asked to select a volume to recover, select the volume that your Mac is currently starting up from, which by default is Macintosh HD. •If you're asked to sign in with your Apple ID, enter your Apple ID, then enter its password. You may then be asked to enter the verification code sent to your other devices. •If you're asked for your FileVault recovery key, enter the long string of letters and numbers you received when you turned on FileVault and chose to create a recovery key instead of allowing your iCloud account (Apple ID) to unlock your disk. 3.Select a user to reset the password for, then click Next. 4.Enter your new password information, then click Next. 5.When the password reset process has been completed, click Restart.
Option 2: reset using your Apple ID
1.If you see the option to reset using your Apple ID, click it. •If your Mac restarts, follow the steps for option 1, above. •If your Mac doesn't restart but immediately asks for your Apple ID, enter that information and click Reset Password. 2.If you're asked to create a new keychain to store the user's passwords, click OK to restart your Mac. 3.If you're asked to select an admin user you know the password for, click “Forgotten all passwords?”. 4.If you see a Reset Password window with the option to Deactivate Mac, click Deactivate Mac, then click Deactivate to confirm. This is temporary. 5.Enter your new password information, then click Next. (If you see multiple user accounts, click the Set Password button next to each account name, then enter the new password information for each account). 6.When the password reset process has been completed, click Restart.
Option 3: reset using your recovery key
1.If you see the option to reset using your recovery key, click it. 2.Enter your FileVault recovery key. It's the long string of letters and numbers you'll have received when you turned on FileVault and chose to create a recovery key instead of allowing your iCloud account (Apple ID) to unlock your disk. 3.Enter your new password information, then click Reset Password.
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