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how do I change my password log in on my mac if it is currently my apple id? I can not do it in users.
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
It will not let me make the change. I get the response - contact your admin- which is not helpful. At the login page the comment when highlighting the ? States - you are using your applied to change your password sign onto another device at applied.apple.com. I could not figure out where that is an option
Just to confirm:
"At the login page" -- do you mean when you log in to your Mac? Or do you mean when you log in to icloud.com?
"contact your admin" -- Do you get that when you click on the "Change your password" button or after you try and change it? Also, what is the full message that you get?
Usually, if you're using your icloud password to log into a Mac, to change that, it would look something like this: http://osxdaily.com/2015/03/24/use-icloud-password-as-mac-login-unlock-os-x/. The article is a few years old, so I'm not certain that this hasn't changed.
It occurs after I try and change my login passwords for my Mac. The message is very general. “You are unable to change your password or there is an issue with the password/new password entered. If this continues contact your admin”. I have not tried changing through control R.
That does sound like something is confused. The "admin" mention refers to when a Mac is set up to log in to a domain inside a company or school. The "issue" would be whatever rules are set for passwords (eg: length). If your computer was bought from new and not previously used inside a company or school then it's an incorrect error.
The solution would be to create a new user inside the Users & Groups in System Preferences. That user must have "Allow user to administer this computer" checked. Then, you could log out and log in again as the new user, go back into Users & Groups, and after you "Click on the lock to make changes" you can edit the password of the original user.
I think it is always a good idea to have a second admin user of my computers, as if something goes wrong (i.e.: I can't log in with my regular user, or something isn't behaving right) I can log in as the other, fresh user, and fix it, or test if the same thing is happening with the other login.
So in the "Users and Groups" System Preferences, you don't have a "change password" button?
Did you try the suggestions in the 2 links I posted?
Password for my Mac
