#Locked out of macbook

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sharp niche
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did you maybe change ur keyboard settings on accident?

hearty nexus
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i did not i checked it its the right keybord

sharp niche
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i dont really know much about mac because im a windows user but the macs at our schools sometimes randomly change keyboard layout

hearty nexus
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even tho i set it up in engish i even tried using multiple keyboard layouts but still didnt work

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sharp niche
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isnt there an option to reset password?

hearty nexus
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i tried many ways, even trying to get into some recovery menus but it never worked

sharp niche
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hmm thats really weird

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if you indeed have everything on a server you could try resetting indeed

hearty nexus
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i tried that many times

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i still cant figure out how

sharp niche
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hm thats really weird

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have you tried googling your problem

hearty nexus
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yes

sharp niche
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maybe some reddit or xda threat can help you out

hearty nexus
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i tried many times, many different methods, reddit, youtube, apple websites and everything

sharp niche
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apple store?

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i sound crazy i think

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im sorry

hearty nexus
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yeah im socially awkward lmao

cunning oxide
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What mac is it?

hearty nexus
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macbook air 2020

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and no im not planning to upgrade

sharp niche
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if it still works i dont see the need of upgrading

hearty nexus
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yeah but i heard, just upgrade so many times

sharp niche
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i had my hp laptop since 2019 but upgraded a few months back bc it was dying on me and the storage wasnt enough anymore

hearty nexus
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im gonna drag this thing until its actually unusable

sharp niche
hearty nexus
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yeah when my macbook dies im getting a thinkpad lmao

sharp niche
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you paid for the whole thing you use the whole thing yk what im saying

cunning oxide
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I assume you don't get a question mark next to the bar for the password?

hearty nexus
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nope

hearty nexus
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i just wanted to try out the macos

sharp niche
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i never had it before but im mostly an android / windows user. the only reason im in here is because my phone from work is an iphone KEKW

weak pond
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if your mac doesn't have disk encryption enabled, you can use the resetpasswd command in recovery mode.

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sometimes you can recover your mac password using your apple account ID

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cunning oxide
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How are you trying to access recovery mode

weak pond
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on intel use CMD + R on apple silicon press and hold the power button

hearty nexus
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gonna try gimme a sec

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im probably just stupid

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okay guys. it still doesnt work but i still appriciate that that you atleast tried to help

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wdym over internet?

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still nothing im probable just stupid

cunning oxide
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Nevermind lol, thought of the wrong thing lol

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Well if you can't get it into recovery mode I suggest going to an AASP or apple store and they can help you