If all else fails, you’re going to need to get ahold of Apple or an Apple Authorized Support center who can bypass and/or reset the firmware password using proprietary tools.

2: Have Apple Unlock the Mac Firmware Password For You Obviously you’ll need to enter a password to gain access to Firmware Password Utility, so why is this even mentioned, right? Because sometimes it works, maybe because of user error when typing the password to begin with. If this is successful it will tell you the firmware password is off.Īlways check your caps key and num lock key before entering or modifying passwords, often mistakes are as simple as that. Select to turn the Firmware Password to OFF.

At the Utilities screen, go to the Utilities menu bar item and choose “Firmware Password Utility”.

Reboot the Mac and hold down Command+R to enter recovery mode.

You may be able to reset, change, or disable the firmware password using the same method you used to set the password to begin with, this requires booting into Recovery Mode: 1: Try to Reset or Disable with Firmware Password Utility

Using the the Apple ID approach on boot is typically the easiest for modern Macs.

If the password you’re having trouble remembering is a general Mac login or administrator password, you can reset it with these instructions instead. The firmware password appears immediately upon boot and is a gray locked icon, looking like this: Do note that a firmware password is not the same as an administrator password or the general computer password used to login to a Mac.

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