Screen lockout

Can't get past screen lockout after using the different passwords we recorded during our initial set-up of our new mac pro 13.

Posted on Jan 11, 2020 8:58 AM

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leroydouglas

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Jan 11, 2020 9:49 AM in response to herkdriverusa

herkdriverusa wrote:

Can't get past screen lockout after using the different passwords we recorded during our initial set-up of our new mac pro 13.

Not sure about different psswds(?)

To log in use your admin psswd for the Mac.

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