Is it normal to get locked out of your macbook?

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A few weeks ago I got a email from this guy who loved a post on my blog. I go by a professional name online and I was scared to reply to him for fear that my actual name would come up. So I went to settings and I tried to change my username. It said that in order to make the changes that I had to authenticate it buy putting in my password which I successfully did. I figured that it worked so I closed my laptop and left the room to get my iPhone. I didn't take long, but when I got back my MacBook asked for the password and on there it showed my birth name. I didn't think much of it so I typed in my password only to find that it didn't work anymore! I tried some other passwords to see if they would work, but none of them did! To make matters worse, I left my email open and I never got to sign out of my tumblr. Should I take it back to the apple store to see if they can fix it? IIN?!

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  • Captain_Kegstand
    11 years ago

    That sucks! I never put a password on my computers for that exact reason!

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    • Avant-Garde
      11 years ago

      I managed to call them up and it was fixed. The thing about Macbook is that you HAVE to set up a password. With Windows running computers it seems to be more optional.

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      • Captain_Kegstand
        11 years ago

        With windows computers it is completely optional! I would love to have a Macbook, but selling cars is not profitable enough for me to afford one lolz.

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  • coolio75650932
    11 years ago

    how did you post without a cpu?

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    • Avant-Garde
      11 years ago

      Magic. It was Magic;)

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  • coolio75650932
    11 years ago

    your an idiot you just GAVE AWAY ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFO AND PICS AND EVERY THING WHY THE FUCK DID YOU GIVE OUT UR PASSWORD I BET UR JUST A KID!

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  • GuessWho
    11 years ago

    The solution to your problem is to change your name in the account settings of your e-mail application, not the computer. (or does a mac match them?)

    On my PC and phone there's a field for "Your Name" or "Send mail as" in the e-mail account settings. So you can change the name, but keep the address.

    My system admin account is completely isolated from application accounts.

    What is do though is I have a separate GMail account for online things, which I use from my web browser. (Name set in Account Settings in GMail.)

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    • Avant-Garde
      11 years ago

      For my Gmail, It's registered under my professional name, but I'm not sure if the mac automatically matches them.

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  • lateboy1
    11 years ago

    This is a fucking stupid ass question, this is is not a IIN question.

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    • Avant-Garde
      11 years ago

      Oh, I'm so sorry for my stupidity! I panicked about what I should do about the problem. and now it's been fixed!

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      • [Old Memory]
        11 years ago

        how did you fix it?

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        • Avant-Garde
          11 years ago

          I called tech support and the guy told me to hold down what I think was the "command" key as I hit the power. It takes you to this option area and I clicked utilities. I forget the name of the option I clicked but it took me to where I could edit the name of the admin and change the password.

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