Not knowing your Mac’s password is like locking yourself out of the house; it’s inconvenient (at best) and always happens at the worst possible time. In our efforts to shield information from others ...

Have you lost your Mac password? Are you unable to get into your computer because of it? Apple lets you restore your password if you have the system disks that came with the computer, or–if you have a ...

A nefarious individual could purloin your Mac and bypass your user account password in order to access your data or wipe your system clean and begin using it as their own. It's possible to reset a ...

FileVault hardens macOS by wrapping a layer of login protection around the part of the startup volume that holds your files and other data. With FileVault disabled, the data on that volume is ...

It's a problem that affects us all at some point: you turn on an older device, only to be faced with a login screen requesting a password you can no longer remember ...

If you ever forget your passcode or your Apple ID password, you may think that there is no longer a solution. However, Apple has added a recovery contact feature that allows you to access your Apple ...

Forgot your Mac password? 3 ways to unlock startup disks encrypted with Apple’s FileVault Your email has been sent If you forget your Mac's login account password ...

The need to reset or recover your admin password for your account can happen for a variety of reasons – we were once in this position when we messed around with settings on our Mac and then forgot the ...

Passwords are a chief component of an individual’s digital identity, and as such, they require careful consideration when setting them to avoid potential security exploitations. Used by tens of ...