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I used Migration assistant to move from my old imac to the new one. Now nun of my passwords will work on the owl. I'm locked out of my new computer.

Help im lost. I have been through every password i have ever used!

Posted on Nov 20, 2013 11:40 AM

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Nov 20, 2013 11:44 AM in response to sleeper777

OS X: Changing or resetting an account password


Scroll down to Resetting the original administrator account password. Try the procedure under reset your user password with your Apple ID.


If that does not work for whatever reason you can also use the following technique:


  1. Boot OS X Recovery by holding and r (two fingers) while you start your Mac.
  2. When the Mac OS X Utilities screen appears,select Utilities > Terminal.
  3. In the Terminal window type resetpassword and press Enter. A window will open behind Terminal that looks like this:

User uploaded file

  1. Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD" in the above screenshot), choose your user account from the dropdown selection, enter a new password, complete the password hint field, and click Save.
  2. You may then see a confirmation dialog explaining how this change affects Keychain Access and what to do about it. Remember it or write it down, then click OK.
  3. Quit Reset Password
  4. Quit Terminal
  5. Quit OS X Utilities and restart your Mac.


To fix your Keychain problems, go to your Utilities folder and open Keychain Access. Follow the steps here: Mac OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password.

I used Migration assistant to move from my old imac to the new one. Now nun of my passwords will work on the owl. I'm locked out of my new computer.

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