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I forgot my recovery key

I can’t get into my Mac. My password is not working and I don’t have a recovery key.

Posted on Dec 25, 2020 6:12 AM

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Johnb-one

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Posted on Dec 25, 2020 7:32 AM

Oh.... okay... are you talking about your main admin/login password when you first startup/bootup your Mac or the other one?? If it’s the first one, reboot, holding down the Apple/ cmd + R together on reboot. You should be in the Recovery Partition. Pick a language and continue... move your cursor( the arrow) to the top center of your screen and click. OS X tools should show up. Go to Terrminal and click it. Type in “resetpassword” without the quote marks. Press Return/Enter key on keyboar. That should get you into the Main Password Reset App.

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