Hello All,
It's all down to memory loss when I first started using this mini it
was not going to go online so instead of giving a password I just hit
enter, then when switched on today a password was requested to setup
time etc., I forgot that my password was nothing so I finally got
everything ready to setup but could not connect to internet.
Checked in system preferences indicated that I was connected to my
network but the wifi symbol at top of screen was blanked out, after a
lot of thought tried to connect via hotspot on my phone and got
connected but I still can't connect via my telstra modem.
End of long story showing what happens when you get to 83 and start to
forget things, Thanks for all the help offered.
Regards Bill & Juliet
PS I now live in Victoria.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 6:05 PM Neil Houghton via WAMUG
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Hi Bill,
Let's try & clarify your exact problem.
From your replies I understand that you do not actually have a
password to login - but some sort of network problem which is
stopping you from changing/setting the date/time - is that right?
To further clarify just what is happening:
Can you open system preferences?
If so - go to the Users and groups pane - are you logged in as the
only user? Can you confirm you have admin privileges
Assuming that you are logged in as an administrator, go to the Date
& Time pane and the Date & Time tab - I assume the check box is
ticked to "Set date and time automatically" and a suitable time
server is selected. Eg Apple asia([2]time.asia.apple.com?
Assuming this is all OK, your problem seems to be that you do not
have the internet connection to allow the time server to
automatically set the system time.
We need to narrow down the problem:
Is your NBN modem correctly connected to the Internet - do you have
any other devices currently connected to the Internet via this
modem? Ipad, laptop, other computer, smart TV etc. If some other
device is accessing the Internet with no problem through the same
modem then that should prove that this is not the problem.
How is your computer connected to the NBN? Go to the network pane
of system preferences and check. Are you connected via wifi or
internet?
Select the mode that is showing as connected and it should give
further details under Status: connected.
Assuming that you are connected via wifi (the most common setup) try
turning wifi OFF and then back ON again - I sometimes find this
helps when things are playing up.
If this has not worked and you had no other device confirming that
the NBN internet connection was OK you could try switching OFF the
NBN modem, leaving a few minutes and then switching it back ON again
- it then might take a few minutes to boot up and go through its
connection procedures. If you do this, you may also need to repeat
the wifi disconnect/reconnect thing.
I sometimes find that internet connections can get confused - I
don't normally have problems with my computers but my old SAMSUNG
smart TV often seems to lose connection and requires various steps
(including switching the TV OFF/ON) before it can reconnect!
Let us know how all this goes and the answers to questions above!
HTH
Cheers
Neil
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Date: Wednesday, 07 December 2022 at 11:32
To: WAMUG <[6]wa...@lists.wamug.org.au>
Cc: Juliet Kitson <[7]billand...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [WAMUG] Mac mini
Thanks again when I first fired up just hit enter so no passé
word so
no problem but can’t change time and date as I can’t connect
to
internet even system settings indicate I am connected
On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 14:27 Peter Crisp via WAMUG
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AH, I see your problem now - so it is the Apple account
login
password
you don't have. Sorry I went down the wrong burrow. I
actually
don't
know how to recover the Apple Password if it becomes
lost. I hope
someone else here can help - I'd like to know too.
I suppose a call to Apple Help may get you along the way
to
success but
if you're outside of the Apple Care date not sure if
they'll
help.
Kind Regards
Peter Crisp
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Subject:
Re: [WAMUG] Mac mini
Thanks Peter,
I should have more specific when I fire up I am asked
to set
time
and date
etc as I have no password to startup but I need a
password to
unlock
to
change date and time which is the one I have forgotten
my other
problem is
even though in system preferences it indicates I am
connected
to the
net
the network in the top of the page menu is blanked out
and when
I
try to
open safari you are not connected to the internet
message
appears by
the
way this mac mini is old and running HI sierra.
Regards Bill
On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 1:18 PM Peter Crisp via WAMUG <
[5][12]wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> wrote:
> Hi Juliet - yes, if you go to the ABC iView site via
your
browser
or
> app and try to Log In, you select the "With email"
option.
Once
there,
> there is usually a "Forgot Password" button. If you
select
this,
you
> will get a reset password link to your Inbox and
you're on
your
way
> again.
>
> I use Passdiary as my holder of all passwords - very
useful
to
minimise
> this problem recurring. I have literally hundreds of
different
accounts
> and no two are the same. There's polenty of other
password
manager
apps
> available too.
> Kind Regards
> Peter Crisp
>
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> [WAMUG] Mac mini
> Hello
> I have a mac mini which I purchased many years ago I
am now
trying
> to set
> it up for ABC Iview but I have forgotten my password
is there
anyway
> to
> overcome this problem.
> Regards Bill
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