mac mini M1 - unable to authenticate administrator & to enter recovery mode
I've just purchased and setup a brand new mac mini M1 and I'm experiencing the following extremely annoying issues:
- while I can authenticate with my admin user and password at login, I'm unable to install any software, including the Big Sur update, or change any of the system settings which require to be unlocked by an admin account. The OS simply refuses to accept my administrative password (which is obviously the same that I use to successfully login...)
- I wanted to try restore the OS to its original status but it turns out that when I reboot and try to enter any of the Recovery statuses (e.g. CTRL + R) the OS ignores me and goes on with the standard boot up procedure
SO I'm basically stuck since I have apparently no way to resolve the issues from within the OS and at the same time I'm unable to enter the Recovery mode which would allow me to install a fresh copy of Ben Sur.....
Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks.