back to my mac keeps asking for password

On the Startup Options screen, select Options > Continue. Keep holding until you see the Loading startup options message flash on the screen.ģ. Step 2: You’ll see a yellow warning triangle with Update Apple ID Settings next to it. Press and hold the Power button to turn it back on. Step 1: Open System Preferences, click Apple ID, then click Overview in the left-hand column. Loading macOS Recovery on an Apple Silicon MacĢ. Note: If you use an Apple ID on an Apple Silicon Mac or a macOS device with an Apple T2 Security Chip inside, this method will not work unless you know your Apple ID’s password. Additionally, to check if this is caused by the add-ins or other software, you may try opening your Excel for Mac in the Safe Mode. If it doesnt work, you may move the folder back to /Library/Containers/ to restore the cache files.

You’ve forgotten your Apple ID on an Intel Mac (without an Apple T2 Security Chip). Restart your Excel app and see if it could open the workbooks now.

You use an Intel or Apple Silicon Mac that hasn’t been signed into with an Apple ID.

You can use it in the following instances:

Reset Admin Password on Mac Directly via macOS RecoveryĪn alternative way to reset Mac’s admin password involves opening the Reset Password assistant directly via the Terminal in macOS Recovery.

That will help you sync your passwords to a new login keychain. I expect most of the issues to be cleared up around the time that iOS 6 is release this autumn.Important: If you use iCloud Keychain, your Mac will also request you to enter the passcode of at least one other Apple device (iPhone, iPad, or Mac) you own. I guess Apple is still working things out.

Now it seems to be working, and when I get a message from someone I conversed with previously, the message history returns - although the history contains a number of repeated lines from my text (sometimes as many as five repeats), but it seems to be random. However, after quitting Messages and reopening it, my conversations were either blank or formatted very strangely.

Everything seemed to be fine: all of my old conversations were there and visible. When I tried to activate it, it once again asked for my password, and then accepted it. I also used Messages beta on Lion, and had no problems with it (aside from the lack of synchronization when people messaged me at my phone number).Įventually, after entering my password enough it stopped prompting me for it (but didn't activate iMessage).

Back to my mac keeps asking for password