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rhonni160 Author

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4 points

Password problem

Genius Bar did a data transfer from my Time Machine backup into my new MacBook Pro.

but my password doesn’t work now to get me in.

do they use a default password?

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Nov 5, 2021 7:02 AM

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Encryptor5000

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7,568 points

Posted on Nov 5, 2021 7:18 AM

Hi rhonni160,

I haven't had my data transferred by a Genius Bar yet, so I don't know what their practices are on setting default passwords. Nonetheless, you should be able to reset the password using the steps in these articles:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202860

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT212190

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