TheSchrum wrote:
I recently received a window popup on my MacBook Pro asking me to reassign myself as a standard user.
I click “not now” and the system logged me out.
The login window shows my name but my photo icon is missing. My password won’t unlock the computer now. The normal bottoms at the bottom to shut down, restart and sleep are also now missing. The internet icon is greyed out now so I can’t connect to reset the password using my Apple ID. I have tried rebooting in recovery mode but it takes me right back to this bogus log on screen. Any ideas how to resolve? First photo shows current state Second photo shows what it looked like before
You can always force quit a shutdown by holding the power button/TouchID for ~6-10 sec.
Force Shut down your Mac.
Log out, sleep, wake, restart or shut down your Mac
Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support
I see a photo icon...?
What spawned this popup dialog
Were you making changes in Screen Time on your admin account..?
Did you reboot into the Recovery as advised in the login screen...?
Use Screen Time on your Mac - Apple Support
Call Customer Support (800) MY–APPLE (800–692–7753)
or on line Apple Support
Outside the USA—Contact Apple for support and service by phone
See a list of Apple phone numbers around the world.
Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support
Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple silicon
Boot into Internet Recovery (Option Command R) and from the dropdown menu: Utilities> Disk Utility> run the First Aid on your Macintosh HD (and the "Macintosh HD-Data" volume as well if Catalina/Big Sur/Monterey) If errors are found and repaired, run again until no errors reported.
Disk Utility>View>Show All Devices The best sequence is —
• Volume level
• Container level
• Parent drive
