HT5622 How Should I Sign In to Settings on My MacBook Pro?
In Settings (Macbook Pro running Mavericks 10.9.1), Apple presents me with a Dialog Box that shows my Name and asks for my Password. I enter the correct PW, but Apple won't accept it. Should I try changing pre-populated "Name" to be my Apple ID instead?
You have an account on your machine that you created when you set it up. That's the password it's asking for. The Apple ID is something you set up separately and isn't necessarily the same password.
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2. OS X Lion: Enable and disable the root user
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Navigate to ~/Library/Keychains/ (this is the Library folder inside your user's home folder). Find the file named "login.keychain" and double-click it.
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