HT202860: Change or reset the password of an OS X user account

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Q: i have set up a managed account and have forgotten my password to unlock the account

How do I either find my password that I have forgotten or create a new password for a managed account that I have locked?

MacBook Air, iOS 7.1

Posted on Mar 17, 2014 7:43 PM

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Q: i have set up a managed account and have forgotten my password to unlock the account

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Mar 17, 2014 7:47 PM in response to pasadenawhitehouse
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    Mar 17, 2014 7:47 PM in response to pasadenawhitehouse

    Do you have an admin account? Log into the admin account. Open Keychain Access in the Utilities folder. Unlock your keychain with the admin password and see if you can then locate the other account and its password.

     

    If you don't succeed, then delete the managed account and re-create it with a new password, and write it down this time.