![]() *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. We'll show you how to change the password of any user account on older macOS systems, beginning with macOS 10.3 (Panther) through macOS 10.10 (Yosemite). Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.įollow the prompts to reset the password. If you have an administrator account on your Mac, you can use it to reset the password of any user account. 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. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this: ![]() 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.
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