Put in your recovery disk and then power down the machine.Īs you turn on the computer, hold down option. If you're feeling confident though, let's try this. OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support Then, click on the Time Machine option and restore to your last backup. Boot into the recovery mode by holding cmd+R like this. If not, and a s a last resort, you'll have to do a full restore. I f you have a couple ounces of tech knowledge, try the below. Nothing? Ok! Move onto the next paragraph 😁
Try this :-įrom the Mac login or boot screen, enter any wrong password three times to summon the “Password Hint” box and a message saying “If you forgot your password you can reset it using your Apple ID”… click on that (>) arrow icon to start the Apple ID based reset Do you have your Mac account linked to your Apple ID? What version of OS X are you running? There is an option to reset your password using your Apple ID from Mountain Lion and above.
