Why does my MacBook Air not accepting login password?

MacBook Air High Sierra

Laptop suddenly shutdown as battery was not charged and I removed charger.

Done earlier too with no issues.

But this time a strange issue appeared :

Entering correct login password but not accepting



Explored internet and found that many other users faced similar issue in various scenarios.

Found and tried some solutions but not working any



Tried methods like :

1.Multiple reboots

2.Virtual keyboard

3.Safe mode

4.Single user mode : removed .AppleSetupDone to trigger setup assistant to create other admin ac. But setup assistant not triggering

5.Recovery mode disk first aid

6.Changed password using Recovery mode



Anyone has any solution ?



Thanks in advance


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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on May 17, 2025 11:35 PM

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Posted on May 18, 2025 6:26 PM

To my knowledge the only occasions in which a correct login password has been rejected for no clear reason have been due to startup disk failure or corruption, and the only remedy has been to erase it, reinstall macOS, or restore a TM backup.


Changing the login password in Recovery may have complicated matters, but it will not have anything worse. The remedy remains the same. Boot Recovery again and restore the TM backup. If no backup is available then erase and reinstall.

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May 18, 2025 6:26 PM in response to SplashsparK

To my knowledge the only occasions in which a correct login password has been rejected for no clear reason have been due to startup disk failure or corruption, and the only remedy has been to erase it, reinstall macOS, or restore a TM backup.


Changing the login password in Recovery may have complicated matters, but it will not have anything worse. The remedy remains the same. Boot Recovery again and restore the TM backup. If no backup is available then erase and reinstall.

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