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I'm locked out of my Mac and I need to connect to wifi but the icon isn't at the top. How do I connect?

connecting when the icon isn't showing

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)

Posted on Mar 28, 2016 8:57 PM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2016 9:17 PM

How long do you hold down command r because after 10 seconds nothing has happened

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Mar 28, 2016 9:09 PM in response to Emmmmilyyyy

Which password? Do you mean your admin password for the computer? If so then you don't need Wi-Fi.


Restart the computer and after the chime hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utility Menu appears.


When the screen's menubar appears select Terminal from the Utilities menu.

Enter resetpassword at the prompt and press RETURN. Follow

instructions in the dialog window that will appear.


Or see:


OS X Mountain Lion- Reset a login password,

OS X Mavericks- Solve password problems,

OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.


  1. Forgot iCloud Password
  2. Forgot Apple ID
  3. Apple ID - Apple Support

I'm locked out of my Mac and I need to connect to wifi but the icon isn't at the top. How do I connect?

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