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Reset Mac Password with the OS X Installer. If you have the Mac OS X installer CD handy, it's super easy to change the administrator account's password. Just insert the CD into the target Mac and hold the 'c' key as you boot up the computer. It will boot into the Mac OS X installer. Today I will show you a trick to “reset Mac OS X password” without installing a new copy of it. As we have many versions of Mac OS X, there will be some small difference in a trick to resetting the password. First, we will see “How to reset Mac OS X password” depending on the versions. Reset 10.4 Tiger password. Power on or restart.

You might install macOS Mojave on your physical computer or even you installed Mac OS Mojave on virtualization software like Virtualboxor Vmware. So, during the installation, you must set up a password to protect your system and files but unfortunately, after a few days, you will forget your admin password and ranking your mind to recall the password. So, you will not find the password and you need to reset the forgotten password. However, you might have no idea how to reset your password. Therefore, in here I will walk you on How to Reset the Forgotten Password of macOS Mojave.

If you don’t use a password manager or you haven’t noted your own yet, then hands down you will forget those complex passwords which is difficult to remember. Although, if you forget your password then needless to say you will not access to your Mac. to access to your Mac you need to find your password or reset your password So if you don’t know then don’t worry in here I will guide you with easy steps or methods on how to reset forgotten password of macOS Mojave.

Now I’m also facing such problems and I need to reset my own macOS Mojave password and I thought why we should not do it together. So, let’s get started

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Reset Forgotten Password of macOS Mojave

So, here I will show you three steps that you can reset your forgotten Mac password and those methods are handy and easy. However, the methods you will learn in this article will work for macOS Mojave (all versions), macOS High Sierra, OSX 10.11 El Capitan, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, OSX 10.9 Mavericks, and OSX 10.8. Therefore, if you are using any of this operating system and you need to reset your password then hands down these methods will work for you. So, let’s have a look at the 1st method.

1st Method:- using your Apple Id

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The first method or step to reset forgotten passwords is quite easy and simple. Well, you can reset your password with your Apple Id if you sign in. On the other hand, if you have not login with your Apple ID then you can not reset your password with this method. for that, you have other methods to solves your problems.

So, if you enter the wrong password more then three times during the Mac login or boot screen then at that time use the Password Hint. While you use the password hint then you will get a message that says If you forgot your password you can reset it using your Apple ID. Therefore, click on this > arrow icon and start your reset password using Apple Id.

After that, you will see the picture that it will ask you to enter the required data where you use it during login for iTunes, App Store, and iCloud. So, now click on the Reset Password.

At the last step, provide your new password and confirm it to use for the next login time. So, it was our first method that you can reset your forgotten password and this method is so simple and easy where any Mac User can go with it if they have already created Apple ID.

2nd Method:- Reset forgotten password using Terminal

In the second step, you will learn to reset the password using the terminal and there will be a simple step to do that, So, once you are in recovery mode then from the menu go to Utilities and click on the Terminal option.

After that, you need to give one command which is resetpassword and doesn’t give space between two words and press Enter.

Then you will see the password reset tools without asking your old password, So, here enter your new password then confirm your password and provide a password hint and click on the Next button.

So, your new password has been reset and it will ask you to restart and sign in with your new password.

3rd Method:- Reset Your Forgotten Password Using the Single-User Mode

Last step and very easy method that you will learn in a few seconds. Well, in here I will guide you to reset your password using the single-user mode, as you know, there is a multi-user operating system like macOS X, Linux, and many more that comes with a mode that boots into a single superuser account. However, I should let you know that this single-user mode used mostly for maintenance purposes. So, now let’s reset our forgotten password using single-user mode. Therefore, below are the instructions that you can do it easily.

1. At first, you need to access the single-user mode. For that, you need to hold the Command key and S on startup.
2. After that, you need to type “mount –UW /” and hit enter.
3. Then type “launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist” and after that hit enter.
4. While you get there then you need to type “passwd [username]” and hit enter.
   • Here replace [username] with the name of your account.
5. At last, reset your password.
6. Then you need to reboot your system, therefore, type “reboot” and hit enter.
7. Now you have been reset your new password and now log in with your new admin password.

Conclusion

In this article, you learn 3 methods to reset the forgotten password of macOS Mojave and moreover, with these methods, you can reset any Mac operating system because these methods will work. So, whenever, you forget your password and you need to reset the forgotten password then hands down come to this article and apply one of this method. Moreover, if you know any other method then please let us know.

The password of your macOS user account is also known as your login password. It's the password that you use to log in to your Mac and make certain changes, such as installing software.

Change your password

If you know your password and can use it to log in to your account, you can change your password in Users & Groups preferences:

1. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, then click Users & Groups.
2. Select your user name from the list of users.
3. Click the Change Password button, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Reset your password

If you don't remember your password, or it isn't working, you might be able to reset it using one of the methods described below. But first try these simpler solutions:

• Make sure that you're typing the correct uppercase or lowercase characters. If your keyboard has Caps Lock turned on, the password field shows a Caps Lock symbol .
• If the password field shows a question mark, click it to display a password hint that might help you to remember.
• Try to log in without a password. If that works, you can then add a password by following the steps to change your password.
• Try to log in with the Apple ID password that you use for iCloud. If you just changed that password and the new password isn't working, try the old password first. If that works, you should be able to use the new password from then on.

Reset using your Apple ID

In some macOS versions, you can use your Apple ID to reset your login password. At the login screen, keep entering a password until you see a message saying that you can reset your password using Apple ID. If you don't see the message after three attempts, your account isn't set up to allow resetting with Apple ID.

1. Click next to the Apple ID message, then follow the onscreen instructions to enter your Apple ID and create a new password. You'll be asked to restart when done.
2. Log in with your new password.
3. Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

Reset using another admin account

If you know the name and password of an admin account on your Mac, you can use that account to reset the password.

1. Log in with the name and password of the other admin account.
2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, then click Users & Groups.
3. Click , then enter the admin name and password again.
4. Select your user name from the list of users.
5. Click the Reset Password button, then follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password:
   
6. Choose Log Out from the Apple menu.
7. Log in to your account using your new password.
8. Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

Reset using the Reset Password assistant (FileVault must be on)

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If FileVault is turned on, you might be able to reset your password using the Reset Password assistant:

1. Wait up to a minute at the login screen, until you see a message saying that you can use the power button on your Mac to shut down and start up again in Recovery OS. If you don't see this message, FileVault isn't on.
2. Press and hold the power button until your Mac turns off.
3. Press the power button again to turn on your Mac.
4. When the Reset Password window appears, follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password.
   If you need to connect to Wi-Fi, move your pointer to the top of the screen and use the Wi-Fi menu to connect. To exit without resetting your password, choose Apple menu > Restart.
   
5. When done, click Restart.
6. If you were able to reset your password with the Reset Password assistant, log in to your account using your new password.
7. Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

Reset using your Recovery Key (FileVault must be on)

If FileVault is turned on and you have a FileVault Recovery Key, you can use that key to reset your password.

1. At the login screen, keep entering a password until you see a message saying that you can reset your password using your Recovery Key. If you don't see the message after three attempts, FileVault isn't on.
   
2. Click next to the message. The password field changes to a Recovery Key field.
3. Enter your Recovery Key. Use uppercase characters, and include the hyphens.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new password, then click Reset Password when done.
5. Determine whether to create a new login keychain.

If you can't log in with your new password after restarting your Mac, take these additional steps:

1. Restart again, then immediately hold down Command-R or one of the other macOS Recovery key combinations until you see the Apple logo or a spinning globe.
2. When you see the macOS Utilities window, choose Utilities > Terminal from the menu bar.
3. In the Terminal window, type resetpassword, then press Return to open the Reset Password assistant pictured above.
4. Select ”My password doesn't work when logging in,” then click Next and follow the onscreen instructions for your user account.

Create a new login keychain, if necessary

After resetting your password and logging back in to your account, you might see an alert that the system was unable to unlock your login keychain. This is expected, because the passwords for your user account and login keychain no longer match. Just click the Create New Keychain button in the alert.

If you didn't see an alert about your login keychain, or you see other messages asking for your old password, reset your keychain manually:

1. Open Keychain Access, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
2. Choose Preferences from the Keychain Access menu, then click the Reset My Default Keychain button in the preferences window. After you enter your new password, Keychain Access creates an empty login keychain with no password. Click OK to confirm.
   If you don't see a Reset My Default keychain button, close the preferences window and select the “login” keychain from the left side of the Keychain Access window. Press the Delete key, then click Delete References.
   
3. Choose Log Out from the Apple menu to return to the login screen.
4. Log in to your account using your new password. Your account password and login keychain password now match again.

If you still can't log in

If you still can't log in with your password, contact Apple Support for help.