Change Password On Apple Computer

The password of your macOS user account is also known as your login password. It's the password that you use to log in to your Mac and make certain changes, such as installing software. Apple pencil cricut design space.

The simplest method how to reset admin password on Mac for people who don't have a secondary admin account involves using your Apple ID to reset your admin password. It's been possible to reset admin password on Mac computers using Apple ID since Mac OS X 10.7. Enter your Apple ID email address and password, and follow the rest of the prompts to create a new password. When you change the password, you'll see a prompt letting you know a new login keychain. After saving, go to the Apple Menu and click Restart. Reset your admin password using Single-user mode. All else failing, you can boot your computer into single-user mode to reset your admin password.

Change your password

If you know your password and can use it to log in to your account, you can change your password in Users & Groups preferences:

1. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, then click Users & Groups.
2. Select your user name from the list of users.
3. Click the Change Password button, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Reset your password

If you don't remember your password, or it isn't working, you might be able to reset it using one of the methods described below. But first try these simpler solutions:

• Make sure that you're typing the correct uppercase or lowercase characters. If your keyboard has Caps Lock turned on, the password field shows a Caps Lock symbol .
• If the password field shows a question mark, click it to display a password hint that might help you to remember.
• Try to log in without a password. If that works, you can then add a password by following the steps to change your password.
• Try to log in with the Apple ID password that you use for iCloud. If you just changed that password and the new password isn't working, try the old password first. If that works, you should be able to use the new password from then on.

Reset using your Apple ID

In some macOS versions, you can use your Apple ID to reset your login password. At the login screen, keep entering a password until you see a message saying that you can reset your password using Apple ID. If you don't see the message after three attempts, your account isn't set up to allow resetting with Apple ID.

1. Click next to the Apple ID message, then follow the onscreen instructions to enter your Apple ID and create a new password. You'll be asked to restart when done.
2. Log in with your new password.
3. Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

Change Apple Id Password On Computer

Reset using another admin account

If you know the name and password of an admin account on your Mac, you can use that account to reset the password.

1. Log in with the name and password of the other admin account.
2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, then click Users & Groups.
3. Click , then enter the admin name and password again.
4. Select your user name from the list of users.
5. Click the Reset Password button, then follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password:
   
6. Choose Log Out from the Apple menu.
7. Log in to your account using your new password.
8. Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

Reset using another admin account

If you know the name and password of an admin account on your Mac, you can use that account to reset the password.

1. Log in with the name and password of the other admin account.
2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, then click Users & Groups.
3. Click , then enter the admin name and password again.
4. Select your user name from the list of users.
5. Click the Reset Password button, then follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password:
   
6. Choose Log Out from the Apple menu.
7. Log in to your account using your new password.
8. Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

Reset using the Reset Password assistant (FileVault must be on)

If FileVault is turned on, you might be able to reset your password using the Reset Password assistant:

1. Wait up to a minute at the login screen, until you see a message saying that you can use the power button on your Mac to shut down and start up again in Recovery OS. If you don't see this message, FileVault isn't on.
2. Press and hold the power button until your Mac turns off.
3. Press the power button again to turn on your Mac.
4. When the Reset Password window appears, follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password.
   If you need to connect to Wi-Fi, move your pointer to the top of the screen and use the Wi-Fi menu to connect. To exit without resetting your password, choose Apple menu > Restart.
   
5. When done, click Restart.
6. If you were able to reset your password with the Reset Password assistant, log in to your account using your new password.
7. Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

Change Password On Apple Computer

Reset using your Recovery Key (FileVault must be on)

If FileVault is turned on and you have a FileVault Recovery Key, you can use that key to reset your password.

1. At the login screen, keep entering a password until you see a message saying that you can reset your password using your Recovery Key. If you don't see the message after three attempts, FileVault isn't on.
   
2. Click next to the message. The password field changes to a Recovery Key field.
3. Enter your Recovery Key. Use uppercase characters, and include the hyphens.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password, then click Reset Password when done.
5. Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

If you can't log in with your new password after restarting your Mac, take these additional steps:

1. Restart again, then immediately hold down Command-R or one of the other macOS Recovery key combinations until you see the Apple logo or a spinning globe.
2. When you see the macOS Utilities window, choose Utilities > Terminal from the menu bar.
3. In the Terminal window, type resetpassword, then press Return to open the Reset Password assistant pictured above.
4. Select 'My password doesn't work when logging in,' then click Next and follow the onscreen instructions for your user account.

Create a new login keychain, if necessary

After resetting your password and logging back in to your account, you might see an alert that the system was unable to unlock your login keychain. This is expected, because the passwords for your user account and login keychain no longer match. Just click the Create New Keychain button in the alert.

If you didn't see an alert about your login keychain, or you see other messages asking for your old password, reset your keychain manually:

1. Open Keychain Access, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
2. Choose Preferences from the Keychain Access menu, then click the Reset My Default Keychain button in the preferences window. After you enter your new password, Keychain Access creates an empty login keychain with no password. Click OK to confirm.
   If you don't see a Reset My Default keychain button, close the preferences window and select the 'login' keychain from the left side of the Keychain Access window. Press the Delete key, then click Delete References.
   
3. Choose Log Out from the Apple menu to return to the login screen.
4. Log in to your account using your new password. Your account password and login keychain password now match again.

If you still can't log in

If you still can't log in with your password, contact Apple Support for help.

You may require the resetting password of apple computer. To perform the same follow the sequence of steps given below:-

Step #A: Go to the System Preferences first and then open the Apple menu.When the screen of system preferences appears, then, click on the users groups, as mentioned in the system references-section.

Step #B: Now, click on the password option present on the top of an accounts preference pane. Select the name into your account from the given list (located on the left-hand side of a window). This allows users to reset password of the apple computer.

Step #C: Select the change password button. Then, drop down the title bar of a preference pane enter all, along with a current password and the new one that you've just started. Then again enter the new password and confirm it. In the field of password hint, you require typing a phrase or a statement that help in recalling forgotten password. Now click on 'change the password' option, present at the bottom of a screen that returns to users as well as groups present in the preference pane.
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Step #D: Now, you need to associate the new user account ID via which users may use an apple ID password to reset and able to login. This needs to select an apple set button, that is located in the field of users and groups under preference pane and then enters an ID along with the new password. And then submit the ok button, this will take you back to the preference pane.

Steps given below describes a complete setup of an Apple ID

Step#1 To start your apple mac you require to keep on holding the power button. When the login screen appears, click to choose the question mark that is visible at just next to password entry field.

Step#2 Now enter your apple Id's along with a password. Then click the button as marked 'reset password' to persist starting your device.

Step#3 Now click on the Launchpad icon present into your dock. Under the heading of utility section, you require opening the keychain access option.

Step#4 Then open the edit menu to perform the password changes. Now enter the keychain password that was an old login password and then press ok button, and submit the same.

Step#5 Enter an old and new account password and then confirm the given new account password in the next field. Then click on the ok button when the process of resetting is finished. Hence, this matches your login with keychain passwords. That can be executed before you reset your account password.

Now you will be able to make the whole process of reset password of the apple computer by executing these easy steps manually as instructed.