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Software updates password

I can’t remember the passwords for my MacBook Air software update. I’m unable to update my Mac. How do I update without the password?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 10, 2023 10:56 AM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2023 11:07 AM

You need to use your Mac user account, that is your login user name to sign in to the App Store.


See the following Apple articles:

If you forgot your Mac login password -> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202860


Change the login password on Mac -> https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp1550/mac

 

Reset your Mac login password -> https://support.apple.com/en-mn/guide/mac-help/mh35902/mac

 

If you can't reset your Mac login password -> https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212190

 

See also -> Ways to remember passwords on Mac

Ways to remember passwords on Mac – Apple Support (UK)


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BTW:

You are sign in here .  .  .  with your Apple ID & Password.

Your Apple ID is the personal account you use with all Apple products and services. It includes the email address and password you use to sign in, as well as the contact, payment, and security details that you use with Apple.

You can’t merge multiple Apple ID accounts.

What happens when you use the same Apple ID & Password that you use to sign in here?

 

See -> Sign in with your Apple ID -> Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support



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Jun 10, 2023 11:07 AM in response to 2022Trapped

You need to use your Mac user account, that is your login user name to sign in to the App Store.


See the following Apple articles:

If you forgot your Mac login password -> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202860


Change the login password on Mac -> https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp1550/mac

 

Reset your Mac login password -> https://support.apple.com/en-mn/guide/mac-help/mh35902/mac

 

If you can't reset your Mac login password -> https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212190

 

See also -> Ways to remember passwords on Mac

Ways to remember passwords on Mac – Apple Support (UK)


-----

BTW:

You are sign in here .  .  .  with your Apple ID & Password.

Your Apple ID is the personal account you use with all Apple products and services. It includes the email address and password you use to sign in, as well as the contact, payment, and security details that you use with Apple.

You can’t merge multiple Apple ID accounts.

What happens when you use the same Apple ID & Password that you use to sign in here?

 

See -> Sign in with your Apple ID -> Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support



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