Changed admin user password and it doesn't work

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goat unit Author

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Changed admin user password and it doesn't work

Hello to peoples,

I don't want to log out of the computer. How do I reset my latest user admin password that doesn't work?

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I updated TODAY to Catalina, and wanted to change my password from when I had my logic board replaced.

I go into "Users & Groups". I change is the name of my computer from "XXXX's MacBook Pro" to something awesome. Then, I go to change the password. "Ah HA" I say to myself, the username is the same old XXXX (generic computer repair name). I successfully change the password. Then I realize that I want to change the username, too. So guess what? I click the lock to make changes and what happens? The flippin' password I just entered doesn't work.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 10, 2020 12:49 PM

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goat unit Author

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Jan 10, 2020 1:22 PM in response to goat unit

Hey there buddy,

I finally used the correct password. All I had to do to remember it was to laugh about it with some coworkers, (telling them the passwords I thought I chose). Turns out that I was thinking of a particular Iron Maiden Album, but entering a different password based on the album and not identical to it! Wow! Thanks for the help!

:P

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