Geek Posted November 23, 2011 Posted November 23, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img alt="Reset a forgotten Mac OS X Lion Password with an Apple ID" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/reset-mac-password-os-x-lion.jpg" title="Reset a forgotten Mac OS X Lion Password with an Apple ID" class="aligncenter" width="517" height="265" /></p> <p>Aside from <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/">resetting a Mac OS X Lion password</a> with the passwordreset command line tool or by creating a new user account, you can use a new feature in OS X 10.7 that allows a user password to be reset via the accompanying Apple ID, the same Apple ID that is tied to an iCloud, iTunes, App Store, and Apple Support account. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Resetting a Lost OS X Lion Password Using an Apple ID</h2> <p>Understand the caveats before beginning: <strong>this method only works if you set an Apple ID to tie with the OS X user account</strong>, and this option won’t be available for users with FileVault 2 protection enabled. Also note that this leads to the creation of a new keychain, but the old keychain will remain intact if you do recall the old password sometime down the road.</p> <ul> <li>After incorrectly entering a user password three times at the Mac login screen, a message appears saying “If you forgot your password, you can reset it using your Apple ID”, click the arrow button to bring up a “Reset Password” dialog</li> <li>Enter the Apple ID login information that is tied to the OS X Lion user account and click “Reset Password”</li> <li>Click “OK” to confirm the new keychain creation</li> <li>Enter and verify a new password, fill out the password hint field, and again click on “Reset Password”</li> <li>Click “Continue Log In” to login as the user account with the reset password</li> </ul> <p>If there is no Apple ID attached to the user account, <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/">use the passwordreset tool or new user trick</a>, and some of the more complex <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/10/forgot-mac-password-how-to-reset-mac-password/">older methods from Mac OS X 10.6</a> continue to work as well.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EG7LhMR6Ps82y5QOVHdZ5AecWAc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EG7LhMR6Ps82y5QOVHdZ5AecWAc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EG7LhMR6Ps82y5QOVHdZ5AecWAc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EG7LhMR6Ps82y5QOVHdZ5AecWAc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Fui7yNur8BA:W36jqmBUgBA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Fui7yNur8BA:W36jqmBUgBA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=Fui7yNur8BA:W36jqmBUgBA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Fui7yNur8BA:W36jqmBUgBA:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=Fui7yNur8BA:W36jqmBUgBA:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Fui7yNur8BA:W36jqmBUgBA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=Fui7yNur8BA:W36jqmBUgBA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/Fui7yNur8BA" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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