Account Locked - Resolution Mac Mini M4
Recently purchased Mac Mini M4 and went through the Migration process successfully but could not login to Mac Mini notifying me that my account was locked. After much searching and many attempts to try different passwords only to be continually locked out for longer periods of up to 8hrs! Decided to follow the instructions from apple support and start afresh by reinstalling MacOS (Sequoia). For the Mac Mini M4 the OS reinstall has to start from from a shutdown point this will give you the the. From there. options need to progress, so hold down the power button for about 20secs until you see apple logo and an options screen. Select options and continue to the next page and select reinstall OS from there you will presented with an option to forget all passwords which should start a process to deactivate. Accept deactivate you will there be presented with an option to create a new Mac password and hint (this is the password and hint you use to access your MAC and not you appleid) the system will then go through a couple of reboots/restarts and you should end up at the login screen wher you new password should work. Accessing my account showed the migration was completed and all files an apps were available.
Mac mini, macOS 15.1
