#How to change apple password on mac how to#
#How to change apple password on mac update#

Note: If cant remember your Apple ID, just hit the ' Forgot your Apple ID ' button.

Step 2 Enter your Apple ID and Click the ' Next ' button. but wondered if I was missing a solution that was simple and intuitive somehow. Click 'Reset your password' in the ' Manage your Apple ID ' panel. You do not need to continue on it, as I found an awkward solution. Click the box labeled 'Old Password' to type your current password. If you want to change the password for a different user, click that user in the left-side column and then click 'Change Password' on the right. Enter the old password in 'Current Password' field and new password in 'New. It's next to your username and profile image.

Open Keychain Access and right click on login, and choose the option Change Password for Keychain 'Login' from pop-up menu.

#How to change apple password on mac update#

In the case you forgot Apple ID password, for example, you can reset it online but also from your Mac, if youвЂ™re logged into iCloud there. Click Update Keychain Password and enter the old password at startup, or continue login and enter old password when you are asked.

#How to change apple password on mac how to#

It seems like Apple should have a better solution than that! (Like a prompt when checking mail on that account to prompt to enter a (new or updated) password.) How to change Apple ID password on Mac A great feature of the Apple ecosystem is that you often have a few ways of doing something and can choose the one most convenient for you. which was to delete the mail account, and add it back in, but I then had to add it back to my three Macs and on my two iOS devices. which is completely terrible for the easiest computer to use. 'Details' where there is no choice to update or add a password. If I go into System Preferences -> Accounts -> (affected e-mail account). I see only the opportunity to look at 'Details' where there is also no choice to update or add a password. If I go into Mail.app-> Accounts -> (affected e-mail account). (It lists Description, Alias, email address, Full Name, Incoming Mail Server grayed out, Username grayed out, Outgoing Mail Server SMTP and TLS Certificate) Under the other sub-tabs (Mailbox Behaviors and Advanced) also no opportunity to update or enter a password. The listing under Account Information does not have an opportunity to change the password. When I go to Mail.app -> Preferences -> Accounts Tab -> (affected e-mail account).