Lesson 10—Manage Password Changes

Question 1

How can you change your local computer account password?

Answer 1

You can change your local account password from the General pane of Security & Privacy preferences
or from Users & Groups preferences. In either case, you select Change Password and, in the input pane,
you must enter your old password once followed by the new password twice. Finally, select Change
Password.

Question 2

How can you reset another user’s account password in macOS Big Sur?

Answer 2

You can reset other user account passwords if you have access to an administrator account on the Mac.
To perform the reset from Users & Groups preferences, you must log in as an administrator, select the
user account that you want to change, and click the Reset Password button. Then you must enter and
verify the new password.

Question 3

How does resetting a user’s account password affect that user’s login keychain?

Answer 3

If your login password doesn’t match your login keychain password, macOS creates a new empty login
keychain for you. macOS sets your new login keychain password to match your login password. The
previous login keychain is renamed and archived.

Question 4

In what situations can you reset a login password with an Apple ID?

Answer 4

You can use your Apple ID to reset your login password if you escrowed your FileVault recovery key with
your iCloud account or if your account has the “Allow user to reset password using Apple ID” option
selected in the Users & Groups preferences.

Question 5

In what situation can you reset a login password with a FileVault recovery key?

Answer 5

You can use your FileVault recovery key to reset your login password if you selected “Create a recovery
key and do not use my iCloud account” when you turned on FileVault and you have the recovery key. To
reset a user’s lost account password, you can use the Reset Password assistant available from macOS
Recovery with the local user selection option if FileVault and Activation Lock are not turned on.