True Neil. We shall see tomorrow !
> On 19 May 2020, at 8:35 pm, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > > Hi Stephen. > > “it would be hard to type the wrong one twice ?” > > Hmmm….. Assuming you were not lazy enough to copy & paste ;o) - Yes, > I’ve done it! > > Keyboard Caps lock on? or keyboard dyslexia (a bit like keep getting “i” > before “e” wrong – even though you KNOW what it should be!) > > > Anyway - Good luck. > > > Cheers > > > Neil > > From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of Stephen > Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> > Reply-To: <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2020 at 19:30 > To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Re: New iMac will not accept Login ? > > Thank you Neil. > I just found that suggestion online as your email arrived. > I shall go to my daughter’s again tomorrow and try that. > > If my guesses do not work. > Although if I was asked for it twice at the start of transfer, it would be > hard to type the wrong one twice ? > > >> On 19 May 2020, at 7:24 pm, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com >> <mailto:n...@possumology.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> First off I would probably try any of the obvious ways you might have >> mis-entered it – it will be simpler/easier to correct the wrong password if >> you can actually log in with the wrong password to correct your error. >> However,I think you only get three tries… >> >> Assuming you cannot “guess” what you entered, if the iMac has another User >> Account, with admin privileges, you can login as that user and then change >> the password on her account using system preferences. >> >> Otherwise Google comes up with many suggestions but these Apple support >> articles seems to cover various methods: >> https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mh35902/mac >> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mh35902/mac> >> https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202860 >> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202860> >> >> However, I also saw this >> https://www.cleverfiles.com/help/recover-mac-login.html >> <https://www.cleverfiles.com/help/recover-mac-login.html> which includes >> another method: >> Recover Your Mac Login >> >> To be able to recover your Mac login password, do the following steps: >> 1. Restart your Mac. >> 2. While it’s loading back, hold down the Command + R keys until it >> boots to recovery mode <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314>. >> 3. Once inside recovery mode, click on Utilities at the top menu bar. >> Then click on Terminal. >> 4. Once Terminal loads, type the command “resetpassword” and hit Enter. >> The process is fairly simple, just run through the prompts as if you’ve >> forgotten your password, and you should see a list of accounts that can be >> used to log into your Mac. You should as well see some other accounts >> depending on how your company has it set up. >> NOTE: This will only work if you do not have FileVault and/or a Firmware >> password enabled in your Mac computer; or if you need to login via Ethernet >> to your Company’s Server or network. >> You can use this process to also reset your password for Mac OS X or if you >> have lost your admin password. >> And this https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reset-lost-mac-password/ >> <https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reset-lost-mac-password/> also gives a list >> of methods (mostly covered above). >> >> >> >> Also remember that after resetting the password, you way well end up with >> keychain access problems - this is covered in one of the Apple support >> articles above at: >> https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202860#keychain >> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202860#keychain> >> >> Note that all the above is just gleaned from the web – I am not endorsing >> any particular method & don’t know if any are only appropriate to certain >> versions of OSX. >> >> HTH >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> Neil >> >> >> From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au >> <mailto:wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au>> on behalf of Stephen >> Chape <chap...@bigpond.com <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> >> Reply-To: <wamug@wamug.org.au <mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au>> >> Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2020 at 18:24 >> To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au <mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au>> >> Subject: New iMac will not accept Login ? >> >> Hi folks. >> >> Just set up my daughter’s brand new iMac today. >> Transferred data from her Time Machine (from her old iMac). >> >> All went well until I tried to login using her usual password. >> At the start of set-up I was asked what that should be. >> So I typed in the one she would be familiar with (same as the old iMac). >> >> I guess I may have entered it incorrectly, but I thought it asked for it >> twice to confirm. >> Is there any way round this please ??? >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - > Settings & Unsubscribe - > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> Regards, Stephen Chape
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