I accidentally managed to deactivate my mac mini m2 pro on MacOS Tahoe when i and tried to change my forgotten login password in recovery mode so now i cannot even get in to recovery mode to reset the forgotten login password. Help!
Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023)
How did you 'deactivate the Mac'? If with FindMy, then you need to remove Activation Lock:
Activation Lock for Mac - Apple Support
If you mean something else, what password is being requested? The login password for that Mac? The FileVault Recovery Key? Your Apple Account password?
Follow the steps in the link posted by @den.thed, but do so very carefully – there are many of them with 'If..." so pay close attention to the instructions):
If you forgot your Mac login password - Apple Support
How did you 'deactivate the Mac'? If with FindMy, then you need to remove Activation Lock:
Activation Lock for Mac - Apple Support
If you mean something else, what password is being requested? The login password for that Mac? The FileVault Recovery Key? Your Apple Account password?
Follow the steps in the link posted by @den.thed, but do so very carefully – there are many of them with 'If..." so pay close attention to the instructions):
If you forgot your Mac login password - Apple Support
Have a look at > If you forgot your Mac login password - Apple Support
The problem is eg that i accidentally deactivated the mac and without the password which i have forgot i cannot login at the first prompt to reactivate it again and that is why i cant reach recovery-mode to get a new password. Is there anyone who knows how to reactivate a mac without knowing the password.
I were trying to change password in recovery mode. I opened terminal and wrote resetpassword then i went to the dialog that was open and it was probably not the right one but instead the dialog where i deactivated my mac mini m2 Pro on latest Tahoe. Now when i start the machine it only opens in the the dialog where it wants to be reactivated and i cannot get any further.
How to activate accidentally deactivated mac mini m2 pro on Taho but have forgot login password.
