Time capsule password

I’ve forgotten the password for my time capsule. I need to set up my new computer from my time capsule back up, what are my options?

Posted on Oct 1, 2021 12:24 PM

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Oct 1, 2021 1:44 PM in response to JCBrusseau

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3372

It is simple.. do the soft reset as mentioned by Tesserax in his paper on how to recover passwords.

BTW a quick search on google would have got you the info even faster.

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