A few days ago my Mac started acting up. First my password for a disk image wasn't working. I thought I simply forgot it, and after many attempts it finally opened (with the same password). Then I couldn't log into my admin user account with my master password. I had to reset my password with the FileVault recovery key. And now today, I can't log in again, and this time the computer refuses to even save my new passwords after I provide the recovery key. My Keychain is now de-linked (I tried clearing that too) and I can't log in unless I use the recovery key! What is going on? Please help.
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Help! My Mac master password will not work
- Thread starter jason.siegel
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Almost sounds like your drive is failing and causing corruption. Try starting Disk Utility and select the drive then run First Aid. Does that show any errors?
No errors. I called Apple and they said I can try (1) disabling and re-enabling FileVault or (2) wiping my drive and reverting to a backup. I tried Option 1 and it appears to have worked in general, although I'm having some minor Keychain issues now that hopefully I can resolve.