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Forgot Administrator Login - how do I find it or how do I change is without losing everything on my computer?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 30, 2020 1:23 PM

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Posted on Aug 31, 2020 9:26 AM

Hello there Ihays1234,


Thank you for using Apple Support Communities! We understand that you are having an issue with forgetting your user password for your Mac. We are more than happy to help you out with this.


For this, we recommend following the troubleshooting steps in the following article:


Change or reset the password of a macOS user account


We hope this helps! Have a great day!

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Aug 31, 2020 9:26 AM in response to lhays1234

Hello there Ihays1234,


Thank you for using Apple Support Communities! We understand that you are having an issue with forgetting your user password for your Mac. We are more than happy to help you out with this.


For this, we recommend following the troubleshooting steps in the following article:


Change or reset the password of a macOS user account


We hope this helps! Have a great day!

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