How to reset password on M1 MacBook Pro if you forgot it without data loss!

[@imlosoo]

I spent 30-40 minutes trying with articles and forums before stumbling on this! Worked like a charm. Thank you :)

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks 😊

[@Bachiego]

Man you saved the day. My wife forgot her office macbook password and was very worried about the backlash that could occur by next Monday. I was able to fix the issue by watching your video. Thanks man, I most grateful

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks 😊

[@mihaidreptu7084]

Honestly this was more straight forward and way more easy to do than the apple instructions

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks!

[@claudiablooms2773]

Thank you!! I thought I was going crazy because all of a sudden my laptop decided it didn’t recognize my password. No wasted time or money at the Apple store! You’re awesome👏🏻

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks ☺️

[@domo535]

THE ONLY LEGIT HELPFUL VIDEO ON RUclips WITHOUT BOTS
THANK YOU!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks!

[@cristinelhove2308]

Heeeelp!! This happened to me but after the macOS Recovery the option utilities did not show 😢

[@kosherny_voyaj]

you should input your apple id credentials otherwise you’ll fail with this )

[@mokacia504]

Straight and to the point. I wasted 20 minutes of my time looking at other videos but you got me right. Much appreciated

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thx if this video helps please consider sending “Super Thanks” to support me!! 🥰

[@roymartmolinuevo9398]

I saw about 5 videos and not a single one helped me but you did in 3 minutes

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Awesome

[@hans-peterloch-nm5xu]

Danke! Greatest Help in very short time even in Germany.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thank you so much for your support 🥰

[@itssplintrz1198]

Thanks man, lowkey the only thing that helped. I been on here for hours tryna fix it lmao

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Yup it was stressful

[@thekikster11]

Same

[@shawndailey5632]

@@Adnankhanchannel1 please I can't find utilities in the recovery mode, all I see is recovery assistant. Please help me out

[@PrasannaKumar8878]

​@@shawndailey5632same here

[@thecoolclan2.o]

@@Adnankhanchannel1yeah

[@mayonsilva-netto7613]

Thank you so much! I viewed about 5 other videos which didn't help, so glad to have found your short and easy to follow tutorial with the fix to my MacBook Air password problem.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome!

[@simi6594]

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER
I WAS LITERALLY CRYING BECAUSE I COULD'NT RESET MY PASSWORD AND I GO THE MACBOOK YESTERDAY AHHH
TYSM!!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

I’m glad I could help!

[@Juicegiirl]

Other videos did not help at all. This video was a LIFE saver. My macboon is acting weird and didn’t recognize my password. Thank you for this ❤

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome

[@Alan-r7c3y]

This guy really knows his stuff, 20 minutes and my MAC is working again... The last screen was slightly different but I worked it out.. Super, fantastic, I'd buy you a beer...

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks, you can always send me super thanks and I'll buy myself a coffee ;)

[@milesduke1271]

My laptop suddenly decided that it didn't recognize my password when I have a deadline soon, so this video really saved my butt from an oncoming panic attack. Thank you so much for throwing this lifeline to us 😭 You're awesome 👏

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks I’m glad I could help

[@nichtloxk8623]

@@Adnankhanchannel1 is it possible that macbook unable to recognize our password?

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Yeah it happened to others and my friend. Fortunately if you are using apple silicon MacBooks it’s recoverable with this method

[@davidcontarino5278]

Thanks this tutorial really helped me out a lot, really straightforward and simple as for some reason my MacBook decided it didn’t wanna accept my password anymore

[@madhavjoshi9180]

Tenu bhot bhot pyaar mere veer 👍🏻🥲

[@chirinasmr]

This saved me, thank you 1000x ! May you have a good life forever

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks for wonderful wishes! God bless you too!!

[@silviawanders7586]

Thank you soooo much! This was the only method that helped me! I was so frustrated and now I can finally be at peace again. Have an amazing day!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks Silvia!!

[@rodneyphilips972]

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[@ConstantinosKashiouris]

Today I was frustrated, and you blessed RUclips with this tutorial! Thank you sir.

[@ASRT-rh6rl]

I donno how to thank you for this.. you really saved my day.. my soul almost left my body when i couldn't log in to my mac.. Thanks alot..

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

There is a “super thank” button to donate if you really want to thank me 🤗. I’m glad it helped

[@ASRT-rh6rl]

@@Adnankhanchannel1 ❤

[@thatchickencat4562]

Thank you SO much! I spent an hour trying to reset it, and once I found your video I was able to do it quickly. I was getting frustrated but now I can relax.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Awesome, thanks!

[@johannkraut1224]

Absolute legend! No time wasted and worked perfectly! Lovely work young man

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thank you!! 🥰

[@mikedizzle5273]

​@Adnankhanchannel1 will this method work for a 2019 macbook pro? I forgot my login password and I really need to get into my computer.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

@mikedizzle5273 this method works with apple silicon processors m1/m2

[@vilamartin]

Thank you so much man. As a Help Deks technician this really comes in hand when dealing with this issue.
Straight to the point. No BS.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks

[@georgesilveira4936]

@@Adnankhanchannel1on MacBook Air ?? How we do it???

[@tousiyashaikh7542]

I am a biginner my screen was stuck on same page but within 5 mins password issue got resolved very helpful...

[@aspirant_sunil76]

Bhai fir kaise thik huaa .mera bhi same seen h plz help me bro

[@adityakesarwani7795]

Suddenly my mac doesn't want to recognise my password and this only legit video helped me

[@ccryxo]

bro my dad would’ve been so mad at me if I didnt manage to figure out the password to my old macbook pro THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@maryodigie7371]

This was so helpful. It’s been 9 months since I last used my MacBook so I forgot the password eventually. Thank you so much!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Glad could help

[@SkeemTsoanyana]

This was ridiculously helpful my man , thank you so much !!! We good to goooooooo🎉🎉🎉

[@tienvanvu3031]

Excellent tutorial video . It was short and easy to follow ! Thank you .

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome!

[@erinliju1831]

You showed the youtube community how to make straight to point tutorials. Keep up the good work👍

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@trainerskulb00d]

I can't thank you enough. My brother recently passed and couldn't open his Macbook....I was able to get into the phone. Luckily they were linked and able to reset password just as you described. Thank you soooo much.

[@maisogyny]

THANK YOU THIS WAS REALLY FAST AND USEFULL :D

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome

[@nicolaesula6014]

Bro I am soooo grateful. Literally had an heart attack. Thanks sooo much! 100 % working! Bravoo!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks

[@andressantos0432]

Straight to the point! Thank you sm!!!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thx ☺️

[@నరసింహారెడ్డి]

U r really great brother it's working fine after 3 Years laptop not used forgot password. Now I have seen u r video and reset the password with your commands

[@aminawamba6634]

Actually, I was stranded with my Macbook for 2 months.....thank you very much a great help. Love and appreciation from Tanzania🏁

[@gatosaturno1120]

I recently bought a macbook pro for my mother, and she wanted me to migrate her old imac to this new machine, but I am a windows pc user and I don't know anything about macs, and somehow the macbook pro got locked which I am sure i did something wrong with the new password or i just don't know, i swear I tried everything and nothing worked, I was getting scared to be honest until I saw this and I follows every step and it work! Thank you so much! my mother can finally use her new macbook after 2 weeks of being LOCKED hahahaha

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Awesome

[@debrasteele962]

Thank you!! Very helpful and straight to the point. It worked :)

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Awesome 😎

[@irfanyaqub9643]

My pc did not accept my password. So i did the same as you said and it worked.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Awesome 👏🏼

[@tresavage4054]

This ACTUALLY WORKS‼️‼️‼️ LIFE SAVER!!! I just purchased a M1 MacBook Air literally this morning and get home only to find out it had a password on it , thank you so much!! 💯💯💯💯

[@kshitiz41]

Thank u so much.... i really forgot my password...no one was giving such kind of useful information..... i just reset my password... and it really worked... thank u thank u so much

[@arabianqueenie3961]

Aah thank you so much you are completly a life saver just simple and very easy to reset. Thank you once again 😩 means all alot

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You're so welcome!

[@tulshidey5403]

Thank you so much. This was actually very helpful. You directly showed the way to resolve the issue rather than just providing unnecessary details.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome!

[@lukesky1998]

Does this also work on MacBook Air?????

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

If it’s a m1 or m2 processor then yes it will work with no data loss

[@rei44_]

so i have a problem
ive been doing this step by step and the password hint always chamged to the one i put when resetting the password
but the password never gets accepted
I did this 4 times already and the hint always works but not once the password was accepted
i really dont know what to do about it anymore

[@sarahabwoja6107]

Thanks so much after strangling for 6hrs you are a blessing

[@QuincyBrooks]

I followed along and it asked me to choose my profile then requested the password that I forgot. So I ended up in the same situation.

[@QuincyBrooks]

The macOS recovery asked for me to "Select a user you know the password for:"

[@LX44er]

@@QuincyBrooks cmd + s doesn’t work ?
I have same problem

[@LX44er]

@@QuincyBrooks I wanna create new admin and then change password there on my iMac

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

This method only works on m1 and m2 processors, it doesn’t work on older Mac’s. Also if your volume is encrypted it won’t work either I’m afraid!

[@everyone.loves.aaliya7691]

And this also works for MacBook airs.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks yeah any m1/m2 processors it works 👍🏼

[@Dep_Ice_Cream]

This video literally saved me bro. Thank you so so much for taking the time & energy to help. I might have had to fully erase my MacBook if it wasn’t for this video!😭🙏🏻

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

I’m glad I could help!

[@llizwya]

Thank you so much. I spent over an hour trying to figure out how to fix it and then I just found your video and it worked. Thank you for the help.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Awesome 😎

[@bayleetimm1657]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I watched multiple other videos & read several articles and none of it worked. You just saved me so much panic!!!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome dear!

[@joshbroadway6395]

Lifesaver… i also spent about 20 mins trying to find a video that got straight to the point! thank you so much

[@gypsybluesman-no1]

Thank you Adnan .. you saved my weekend of working on music with colleagues ... a brand new MacBook pro , less than a year old.. & all of a sudden , did not accept my password .... Mysterious .. but resolved now ..

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

I’m happy this helped you!!

[@shereka7803]

Omg thank you so much! My daughter just came to me crying bc she couldn’t log in and needed to do her course work. Nothing worked until I stumbled upon this…I am now considered super mom thanks to you 🥰

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks, I'm glad I could help!

[@joesalgadSF415]

Is this the same for “this Mac is locked” The system PIN is required to use this Mac on the screen?

[@ieilammse2018]

Yes, I did it 🥹🙏🏽after a week of fatigue and not being able to remember the password. Thank you, man🙌🏽. I cannot continue my work without your thanks. I watched several clips and did not reach anything, but thanks to your simple explanation, I was able to restore my account. I am very happy. I wish you all the best in your life. Thank you very much.🙌🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@IGBOTICGIRL]

Watched about 5 other videos and it didn’t work! This video worked for me thank you so much

[@LaTwinkie]

My mac did not show the same exact screens but i followed the logical things and it worked!! Thank you so much for the tips!! 🙌🏻🥰

[@christiaabad7228]

After I watch this video sooo big help .finally recover mine . Thank you

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Great 👍🏼

[@alwaleed683]

never been happier about my device security being bad, love you man you are a hero

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

😂

[@VideoForBusiness1]

This channel deserves a million subs!!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks a million 🥰

[@innileliluvsan]

DUDE OMG I WAS STRESSIN THIS WORKED!! TYSM AH😭☹️👍🏼😊

[@jameswat7453]

Thanks for your advice which made it more clear than explanation from Mac HP in point of clicking terminal in the menu bar.

[@mandyishername]

You just saved me from paying an arm and a leg at istore just to do the same thing. 😢😢😢Thank you so much. I hope this video blows to 1 million viewers

[@WhereIsZion]

My mac goes to the setting menu just like yours but the MacOS Recovery screen doesn’t let me get into the utilities. My menu options are just erase, about, startup Disk, reset & shutdown

[@jasonlaufenberg1472]

Thank you so much!!! Worked like a charm and made a huge headache go away. Wish it'd been the first video/article I'd tried.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks for appreciation

[@atul2955]

You saved my life … by bringing it back thank you

[@jinwu5085]

This is so helpful. Thank you so much! I'm a PC person, buying my first macbook for work related reasons.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome 😇

[@prabindulamichhane2235]

Thankyou so much
I have been through lots of videos as I have forgotten the password but your video has helped me in just 5 min.very helpful thanks again

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thx

[@mayukhsinghvlogs8476]

Thank you so much sir for helping me out with this
This is the best video i have ever seen related to macbook

[@iryielcochran1521]

Excellent! My mac gave me different prompts once I hit utilities . . . but the reset steps got me where I needed to go to reset. THANK YOU!!!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Awesome 😎

[@axelmiller6807]

Thank you so much Adnan. I just got my new MacBook Pro and forgot my password right away. I was looking for a relevant tutorial for hours and yours was the only one that matched right away. You rock!

[@goodluck_nwa]

Did you have to log in to your iCloud after resetting your password?

[@p.v.saisrivatsav1132]

This trick really helped me from panic none of my friends know how to reset password such a good video 😢😢 thanks bro you made my day

[@SSUGURUU..GET00]

Thank you so much!!! I got this new macbook and i put the wrong password TWICE and the same one without realising it, this is very helpful and thank you for solving my problem :))

[@Studywithme-c6p]

Thank you so much! I kid you not, my dad forgot his password on his macbook, and cant get around it. I was really worried that it needs to be brought to the apple center in the city, thankfully i saw your video. This helped a lot. Thank you so much!!!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome

[@shayannesmith3953]

YOU ARE ONE OF A HAND FULL OF RUclipsRS THAT REALLY HELP AND DONT LIE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@smoonstar2969]

Thank you so much! I thought I had broken my Apple Mac 🙈This video is a life saver! The best video about this subject by far!

[@terradan2013]

U my sir deserve an Oscar for this video! Thank u! 😅

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thank you, you can support me by buying super thanks under the video 😉

[@jmutambaie]

Bro you’re a genius. I’ve been locked out from my Mac and you help me fix this.. thanks

[@snowgoons]

Thank you so much!

[@sumikumari372]

Thank you so much, i wasted 1hour on other videos. This video is very useful i reset my password just bcoz of ur video.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

I’m glad it helped

[@shruthipv1645]

I was really worried when I forgot my password….Thanks bro it’s really works

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@mattflanagan8110]

Thank you! I was stressing out when the command R button didn’t work.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

No worries I’m glad I could help

[@ohseepinoy9505]

You are a saviour! I just helped my friends macpro today from your video! We were about to give up as other tutorials didn’t have your trick! It worked like magic! 🎉thanks!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome!

[@ndianajames9326]

Thanks a lot man, I was pissed af cause I use the same password for everything, thanks worked 100%

[@mahnoorkhan3479]

Would it work if we're having a problem in finger print?? I really need the answer urgently

[@listochek193]

Thank you very much! It was only thanks to this video that I was able to log into my laptop. Of all the videos I watched, this one helped 🙌🏻

[@luisbadilla2372]

Thanks, great video straight to the point and wasted my time watching other videos

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Don't like wasting people's time :)

[@MissAnjMusic]

YOU DESERVE A SUPER THUMBS UP the only thing that worked thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!

[@arquettelr1981]

Thanks!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thank you so much for your support!! Thanks for super thanks

[@billmcintosh3917]

Thanks. i forgot the password as so as i typed it and wrote it down. You explained this well.

[@Momeeentsfunfood2023]

The only video on RUclips that actually helped ❤thanks so much

[@aqibsaeed66]

Great! I forgot my mac password and followed your steps to reset it. Thanks!

[@raullumanda295]

Thank you so much brother. It fix my mac. Liked and subscribed!!!!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thx

[@guillermelc]

Love you from Spain!!!! Best video on the internet!!!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Gracias ☺️

[@syaurahqawimah4210]

This is legit! I swear to god this is legit! Thank you! I cried my ass off i thought i will lose everything especially all my videos in macbook. You save my time, save my money. Alhamdulillah. Thank you man! May God bless you & your family. Thank you so much!

[@jeetdeshmukh]

Genuine. Perfect and works. Thank you 😊

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You’re welcome

[@OffSonic47]

Thank you for the content straight to the point, a lot of other creators waste timing blabbing about random things. Quality video. 👍

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Please share if this helps 😉🥰

[@curtischen1412]

You are my hero man, almost giving up on this computer. Thank you so much!

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

Thanks 🥰

[@ea2978]

I don’t get the utilities option once I enter recovery mode.. it only says recovery assistant on top left . Is there any workaround?

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

This method is only for m1/m2 processors

[@MarissaJessick]

Super duper Thank YOU!! I was losing my mind. You totally saved the day. Appreciate it Adnan.

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

You are most welcome

[@noodles6281]

I did everything you said but when I selected options, it'll ask me to type in the password before I'm able to go to the recovery mode. Any suggestions?

[@Adnankhanchannel1]

This method only works on MacBook Pro M1/M2 processors