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shut down my mac once and now it says name and password

i just bought a mac and for the past couple of days i usually put it to sleep but yesterday i decided to shut it down instead of putting it to sleep and now i turned it on only to find it saying name and password instead of the account i made and im not sure what my name is for it and I don't know what to do now because to wont give me the forget your password option

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Oct 10, 2021 5:13 AM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2021 9:32 AM

khalid2468 wrote:

i just bought a mac and for the past couple of days i usually put it to sleep but yesterday i decided to shut it down instead of putting it to sleep and now i turned it on only to find it saying name and password instead of the account i made and im not sure what my name is for it and I don't know what to do now because to wont give me the forget your password option


Forgot Admin password—


Reset your Mac login password - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/reset-your-mac-login-password-mh35902/mac

Change or reset the password of a macOS user account ...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202860

Five Ways to Reset a Lost Administrator Password - TidBITS

https://tidbits.com/2014/01/17/five-ways-to-reset-a-lost-administrator-password/


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Oct 10, 2021 9:32 AM in response to khalid2468

khalid2468 wrote:

i just bought a mac and for the past couple of days i usually put it to sleep but yesterday i decided to shut it down instead of putting it to sleep and now i turned it on only to find it saying name and password instead of the account i made and im not sure what my name is for it and I don't know what to do now because to wont give me the forget your password option


Forgot Admin password—


Reset your Mac login password - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/reset-your-mac-login-password-mh35902/mac

Change or reset the password of a macOS user account ...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202860

Five Ways to Reset a Lost Administrator Password - TidBITS

https://tidbits.com/2014/01/17/five-ways-to-reset-a-lost-administrator-password/


shut down my mac once and now it says name and password

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