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restoring from time machine - crazy passwords

Team help me out here


Have a new MacBook Air 2021


When I restore from Time Machine, it asks me to create a password for my account....however when the process is finished the password I assigned is not valid 'incorrect password'


Any ideas how to work around the issue ?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on May 28, 2021 5:29 AM

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Posted on May 28, 2021 7:38 AM

Use the Account Password created when the Time Machine Backup was created on this computer.

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