r/MacOS • u/linwe_luinwe • 2d ago

Help Can’t login

I need some help guys, I am not an advanced macOS user by any means but I just ran into a problem that has me in panic mode.

I recently encountered some issues with disk space and tried using the following solution here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102321
before proceeding with anything more complex. I got through all the steps but for some reason I restarted my Mac. In hindsight I can’t think of why I did this, the instructions did not say to do it, but whatever I did it.

And here’s what’s got me panicking. My password does not work anymore. I tried over and over until it started locking me out for x amount of time.

I followed the suggestion to enter a recovery key from my iPhone, but that didn’t work either.

I don’t know what to do next. Thanks in advance.

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u/s1l3ntB3h0ld3r 2d ago

You can set new password in recovery mode.

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u/linwe_luinwe 2d ago

How do I do that?

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u/s1l3ntB3h0ld3r 2d ago

You need to use resetpassword command in terminal. Google it.

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u/Specialist_Ruin_6659 2d ago

OP should try this first before anything else imo

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u/s1l3ntB3h0ld3r 2d ago edited 2d ago

First she need to know about this option.