Picked up a secondhand Mac or inherited one from a friend or relative that didn’t make a note of the password? Don’t worry – you will be able to use the Mac after you reset it, but the data will be ...

A nefarious individual could purloin your Mac and bypass your user account password in order to access your data or wipe your system clean and begin using it as their own. It's possible to reset a ...

If you ever forget your passcode or your Apple ID password, you may think that there is no longer a solution. However, Apple has added a recovery contact feature that allows you to access your Apple ...

Apple designed macOS’s Find My Mac feature to help those who have lost a Mac or had one stolen recover their machines while simultaneously rendering the computers inaccessible. Unfortunately, Find My ...

Several readers have asked recently about what to do with systems they’ve purchased, inherited, or were given to them that were protected by FileVault and the original owner can’t recall or provide ...

Apple users can change their Apple ID passwords on many different devices. If users need to recover their Apple ID account, they must submit an account recovery request. Paired with the importance of ...

Apple Vision Pro is now available in the U.S., and we’ve already learned a lot about what the device can and can’t do. And one of the things that some users have now discovered is that there’s no easy ...

In macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple automatically enables FileVault during setup when users sign in with an Apple Account, and it changes how Recovery Keys are stored to protect against government overreach. You ...