• Reset password after losing power during a decade old MacBook Pro (MBP)

    From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 2 18:51:08 2018
    XPost: comp.sys.mac.system

    Hello.

    Here's a weird one. I don't know if this is by design. I was booting up
    a 2008's 15" MacBook Pro. I already entered its HDD's FileVault password
    to slowly boot up its updated Mac OS X El Capitan v10.11.6. And then, I accidently pulled its mag power plug from MBP and the system shut down
    (sleep?) due to lack of power (still using the original battery -- never replaced any hardwares on it since it is rarely used).

    After replugging its power plug back in and turning it back on, it did
    its usual slow boot up but it never asked me to enter my password to
    access its encrypted HDD. Instead it took me to its password reset
    screen with three prompts. Huh? I never asked for that.

    Was that supposed to happen?
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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Ant on Wed Oct 3 00:34:50 2018
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    On 2018-10-02, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
    Hello.

    Here's a weird one. I don't know if this is by design. I was booting up
    a 2008's 15" MacBook Pro. I already entered its HDD's FileVault password
    to slowly boot up its updated Mac OS X El Capitan v10.11.6. And then, I accidently pulled its mag power plug from MBP and the system shut down (sleep?) due to lack of power (still using the original battery -- never replaced any hardwares on it since it is rarely used).

    That battery should probably be replaced pronto.

    After replugging its power plug back in and turning it back on, it did
    its usual slow boot up but it never asked me to enter my password to
    access its encrypted HDD. Instead it took me to its password reset
    screen with three prompts. Huh? I never asked for that.

    Was that supposed to happen?

    You mean this screen?:

    <https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/yosemite-password_reset-choose_problem.png>

    That's normally what you see when you let the computer sit at the
    FileVault password entry screen for a while, and the computer guesses
    that you may have forgotten the password to FileVault. It tells you that
    you can hold the power button to shit down, then press the power button
    again to boot up into macOS Recovery, where you see this screen. So
    apparently your computer booted into macOS Recovery due to losing power.

    I haven't ever arrived there by accident, but I suspect you can just
    shut it down and boot it up again to get back to the normal boot
    sequence.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Jolly Roger on Tue Oct 2 20:58:42 2018
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    In comp.sys.mac.portables Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
    On 2018-10-02, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
    Hello.

    Here's a weird one. I don't know if this is by design. I was booting up
    a 2008's 15" MacBook Pro. I already entered its HDD's FileVault password
    to slowly boot up its updated Mac OS X El Capitan v10.11.6. And then, I accidently pulled its mag power plug from MBP and the system shut down (sleep?) due to lack of power (still using the original battery -- never replaced any hardwares on it since it is rarely used).

    That battery should probably be replaced pronto.

    Why? Is it bad? Will it blow up? This MBP is rarely used since it is
    very slow and old. :/


    After replugging its power plug back in and turning it back on, it did
    its usual slow boot up but it never asked me to enter my password to
    access its encrypted HDD. Instead it took me to its password reset
    screen with three prompts. Huh? I never asked for that.

    Was that supposed to happen?

    You mean this screen?:

    <https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/yosemite-password_reset-choose_problem.png>

    Yes, that's the screen.


    That's normally what you see when you let the computer sit at the
    FileVault password entry screen for a while, and the computer guesses
    that you may have forgotten the password to FileVault. It tells you that
    you can hold the power button to shit down, then press the power button
    again to boot up into macOS Recovery, where you see this screen. So apparently your computer booted into macOS Recovery due to losing power.

    Ah. How long is the wait before the computer bring this FileVault reset password screen up? I didn't wait very long since I only powered it back
    up from an accidental shut down during its boot up. I wonder if it just
    went to sleep due to lack of power and then came back to this, but then
    its boot up was slow (normal) after its power loss.


    I haven't ever arrived there by accident, but I suspect you can just
    shut it down and boot it up again to get back to the normal boot
    sequence.

    Yes, I was looking a way out and saw a reboot/shut(not shit) down
    option. ;)

    Oh well, I was just wondering. No big deal. I was just wanted to know
    if that was even normal. If it was, then it would be a weird design! :)
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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Ant on Wed Oct 3 02:41:26 2018
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    On 2018-10-03, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
    In comp.sys.mac.portables Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

    That battery should probably be replaced pronto.

    Why? Is it bad? Will it blow up? This MBP is rarely used since it is
    very slow and old. :/

    Because of what *just* *happened* with it. If you accidentally unplug it
    while it's running, you risk data loss/corruption. If you don't care
    about data corruption, fine. Dying batteries can also swell and leak,
    which can cause damage to other internal components. You may or may not
    notice that happening before the damage occurs, but you also might not.
    If you don't care about that either, fine. It's your computer. Do
    whatever you want.

    You mean this screen?:

    <https://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/images/en_US/osx/yosemite-password_reset-choose_problem.png>

    Yes, that's the screen.

    That's normally what you see when you let the computer sit at the
    FileVault password entry screen for a while, and the computer guesses
    that you may have forgotten the password to FileVault. It tells you
    that you can hold the power button to shit down, then press the power
    button again to boot up into macOS Recovery, where you see this
    screen. So apparently your computer booted into macOS Recovery due to
    losing power.

    Ah. How long is the wait before the computer bring this FileVault
    reset password screen up?

    I don't know. If you really want to know, try it out for yourself. Boot
    it up to the FileVault login screen, then let it sit while you time it.

    I didn't wait very long since I only powered it back up from an
    accidental shut down during its boot up. I wonder if it just went to
    sleep due to lack of power and then came back to this, but then its
    boot up was slow (normal) after its power loss.

    It had to check the integrity of the disk (see my previous comment about
    data loss/corruption). It'd be a good idea for you to run Disk Utility's
    Verify Disk facility - Unless you don't care. Then do whatever you want.
    : )

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