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Forgot System Preference password

I cannot remember my password to unlock the system preference to make changes to my Mac. It's the little lock that needs to be unlock - cannot remember the password. Is there an easy way to reset it??

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Sep 25, 2021 4:15 PM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2021 4:31 PM

SM_JSM wrote:

I cannot remember my password to unlock the system preference to make changes to my Mac. It's the little lock that needs to be unlock - cannot remember the password. Is there an easy way to reset it??


Yep. Typically it is your user psswd, which is admin unless you set up a second user account.


If you can't unlock settings in System Preferences

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Sep 25, 2021 4:31 PM in response to SM_JSM

SM_JSM wrote:

I cannot remember my password to unlock the system preference to make changes to my Mac. It's the little lock that needs to be unlock - cannot remember the password. Is there an easy way to reset it??


Yep. Typically it is your user psswd, which is admin unless you set up a second user account.


If you can't unlock settings in System Preferences

Forgot System Preference password

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