macOS Support Essentials 12 - Apple Pro Training Series: Supporting and Troubleshooting macOS Monterey

Lesson 10

Manage Password Changes

Goals

• Change known passwords

• Reset lost user passwords

A password change is different from a password reset. You can change a password if you know it, but if you don’t know it, you might be able to reset it. Changing and resetting passwords both result in a new password, but you should reset a password only if a user doesn’t know their password.

In this lesson, you learn how to change and reset passwords. You also learn about the ramifications of modifying passwords.

Reference 10.1 Change Known Passwords ...