Setting up new computer; forgot administrator account password and account now locked

Macbook Air. Just installed Sonoma. How to make new administrator account? (not worried about saving any data, just applications).

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

Posted on Oct 4, 2023 1:45 PM

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John Galt

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Oct 4, 2023 2:28 PM in response to AST5993

If you forgot your Mac login password - Apple Support describes what to do, including options If you can't reset your Mac login password.

Follow all those steps all the way through to the end.

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