macOS Ventura 13.2 update will not install due to User Password not accepting

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macOS Ventura 13.2 update will not install due to User Password not accepting

This is ridiculous. WHY are we not able to install the update without ONE specific username/password, when I have many Administrator accounts including ROOT that can't?

How do I free this from happening? I just want to install the updates as the admin user that I currently am without having to remember whatever account was originally setup on the mac. I'm literally using Root and can't install the updates. I deleted the original account (within Mac OS) and created another one and tried that too. Nothing. My everyday account doesn't work, nor does root. Command line to install updates still asks me for the password. And rebooting manually doesn't kick start the update process.

Please help.

Posted on Jan 30, 2023 06:40 AM

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Paul Vasquez Author

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Jan 30, 2023 06:48 AM in response to Randall_2023

Not using iCloud. On a network that doesn't allow it. And to be fair, I have had this issue for awhile (pretty much all the updates since using this Mac Studio M1 Max). I was able to use another account for updates, but this time it just stopped working. So I switched to Root, even logged in as Root. Nothing allows me to proceed.

So again, I don't use my iCloud account not this computer. Do I have to? I did try it, and same thing. Will not proceed just rejects my account.

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Jan 30, 2023 06:43 AM in response to Paul Vasquez

Are you using your iCloud login password or the local system account password?

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macOS Ventura 13.2 update will not install due to User Password not accepting

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