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.

You can use FileVault to reset your password

Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, then click Users & Groups.

If you know the name and password of an admin account on your Mac, you can use that account to reset the password. Reset Your Password Using an Admin Account

Click the arrow next to the Apple ID message, then follow the onscreen instructions to enter your Apple ID and create a new 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.

In some macOS versions, you can use your Apple ID to reset your login password. If that works, you should be able to use the new password from then on. If you just changed that password and the new password isn’t working, try the old password first.

Try to log in with the Apple ID password that you use for iCloud.

If that works, you can then add a password by following the steps to change your password.

If the password field shows a question mark, click it to display a password hint that might help you to remember.

If your keyboard has Caps Lock turned on, the password field shows a Caps Lock symbol.

Make sure that you’re typing the correct uppercase or lowercase characters.

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. If you are prompted for a password, the keychain entry was deleted.Select your name from the list of users When You Don’t Know Your Password To test that it works, try and clone a private repository from. If it's successful, nothing will print out. Through the command line, you can use the credential helper directly to erase the keychain entry.

Find the 'Internet password' entry for .ĭeleting your credentials via the command line.

Type Keychain Access, then press the Enter key to launch the app.

Click on the Spotlight icon (magnifying glass) on the right side of the menu bar.For more information, see ' Creating a personal access token.' Updating your credentials via Keychain Access Password-based authentication for Git has been removed in favor of more secure authentication methods. Alternatively, you can use a credential helper like Git Credential Manager. When Git prompts you for your password, enter your personal access token. GCM can manage authentication on your behalf (no more manual personal access tokens) including 2FA (two-factor auth).

We recommend you either configure SSH or upgrade to the Git Credential Manager (GCM) instead. Note: Updating credentials from the macOS Keychain only applies to users who manually configured a personal access token using the osxkeychain helper that is built-in to macOS.

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