I'm currently locked out of my Power Mac G5. While trying to install the latest Java for Mac OS x 10.5 Update 6 from Software Update, my admin. password was rejected as invalid. When I try to change my password in Accounts, my old password is rejected. I've entered this password a thousand times, and, yeah, I'm slightly senile, but caps lock isn't on.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Ok I've just bought a lovely new Macbook pro, this afternoon. I'm trying toy download some software. The new Mac is rejecting my password. Can I look up what the password is on my old mac or my i-phone.In fact to log in here I had to put in my password which has been accepted so how come it won't accept it when I try and down load some software (Adobe flash player)
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My short user name was "nic"I wanted it to be a capital. So "Nic"I'm OCD on things like this >.<" I couldn't help myself.[I'm one of those people that hasn't go a single file out of place and whose iTunes library is perfect]I Went to System Prefs > Accounts > Right Click on the account in questionAnd changed short name to "Nic"HOWEVER, I left the home directory as /users/nic thinking it wouldn't matter as it was only a case change.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
So the mail on my macbook just suddenly stopped being able to receive or send anything, everytime I open mail I get a pop up box saying:
The SMTP server [URL]rejected the password for user �schreiber16�
re-enter your password, or cancel.
So I enter my password but the box keeps popping up.
when it comes to this sort of stuff, and Google tells me that it may be something to do with my ISP.. but I'm at a loss how to fix it. I did a search and there have been others with the same problem as me, but most of them said the problem fixed itself, whereas mine hasn't after a couple of weeks.
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iMac Core Duo 2 GHz with 2 GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.8), iPhone 4, Apple TV Gen 2, iPad 2
I can access my email account through Safari - but I keep getting a user error in Mail and on my iPhone and iPad.
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Mail, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I can't access my iCloud email on my Mac mail, Get it on iphone but not Mac mail on computers, The iCloud IMAP server “p02-imap.mail.me.com” rejected the password for use
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have checked preferences, all seems ok. I have two accounts with me.com but only one seems to have this issue... what to do?
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MacBook Pro
My MB Pro has 1 user login, it's never been changed, re-created, etc.I can login to the laptop no problem, I can goto the User control panel and change the PW and it shows the single user as the admin.However I can't install software. It comes up and asks me for the password which is then rejected.Beyond reloading the OS not sure what options are. Did a permissions repair but no other luck.
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), iOS 5.1
I am getting this message "The iCloud IMAP server "p99-imap.mail.me.com" rejected the password for user ...". I am getting mail fine on my iphone and Ipad, just not thru MAIL.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I canceled by mobile.me account and now I am getting this message when I open my mail. Enter password for account "smtp.me.com:xxx". SMTP server "smtp.me.com" rejected the password for user "xxx". I try to put my mobile.me password, but that does not seem to work. I am fairly new to Mac OS and cant seem to figure out what is going on.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
The MobileMe IMAP server "mail.me.com" rejected the password for user "yanperdrau". This is the message that keep on coming every time I try to retrieve my email, the password is well inserted, and my settings are good.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I am all of a sudden receiving similar error message "iCloud IMAP server p02-imap.mail.me.com rejected the passowrd for this user.
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iMac
I recently got my computer fixed and ended up getting a new one. it is a mac book laptop. I changed the password before it got sent and i completely forgot it. They backed my new laptop up with my old hard drive so now i got my old stuff on the new one. I want to download this application so i can fix this .zip file but i need the admin password. I've tried using the install discs but they tell me to enter the admin. I've tried putting the install disc in and pushing c on start up but it just freezes on the white screen with the apple. Is there something wrong with my computer? should i contact the insurance company who i dealt with?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
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Mac Pro, Other OS
I can no longer install software or access preferences that require me to type in my name and password. Everything was working fine until today. My password still works during startup, but my screensaver does not accept the password.
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MacBook Pro
OS X - 10.5.8
I formatted my macbook recently and lost my passwords for hotmail and gmail and I don't remember them as I gave remember my password option. I don't remember the answer to the secret question. Is there any software that I can use to retrieve my passwords.
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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My son has an account on my macbook and recently he got into some trouble at school and I need to change his account password. Only problem is he will not tell me his password so I can make the changes. Even though Im the administrator I am not able to change his password without first typing in his.
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