can’t get acces to mac acc

i forgot my admin acc password locked it out and recovery just gets stuck on the apple account password part

Posted on Sep 23, 2026 11:09 AM

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Posted on Sep 23, 2026 11:49 AM

Carefully follow each of the steps at > If you forgot your Mac login password - Apple Support


If you also forgot your Apple ID Account password, see > If you forgot your Apple Account password - Apple Support

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Sep 26, 2026 4:51 PM in response to danm7

Good work, thanks for the update.


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