You will have the option to choose a specific e-mail address or you can select Account of selected mailbox (this means that your sending address will be that of the account you are currently viewing). Locate the Send new messages from drop-down field (located under the Addressing heading).ĥ. From the menu, click on Mail, followed by Preferences.Ĥ. The following steps will assist you in changing your default account in Apple Mail:Ģ. While you will have the option to change the sending e-mail address while you are composing the new message, you may prefer to automatically send new messages from a different account. If the Save Changes dialog pops up, choose Save. If you have set up more than one address, then new mail will normally be sent from the oldest account (referred to as the default account). Click the red close button in the upper-left corner of the Preferences window.
Verify it and click OK to successfully change keychain password.Whenever you compose a new message, your e-mail software will automatically select the e-mail address from which the message will be sent.
Enter the old password in "Current Password" field and new password in "New Password" box. Open Keychain Access and right click on login, and choose the option Change Password for Keychain "Login" from pop-up menu.ģ. This can be done by going to System Preferences Users & Groups Change Password, and clicking the Use iCloud Password button. If you decline during this initial setup, Yosemite will allow you to enable iCloud Password later.
Click Update Keychain Password and enter the old password at startup, or continue login and enter old password when you are asked.Ģ. Yosemite will prompt you on first setup to enable iCloud Password once you log in with your iCloud account. Update keychain password if you still remember the old one:ġ. Check out Mail Preferences -> Accounts -> Mailbox Behaviors tab and uncheck checkboxes of Store xxxx messages on the server where.
Note: If you are not sure the shortname, please confirm it with command "ls /Users" at first.Īfter Mac starts, you should have created a new keychain on Mac. Rm /Users/shortname/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
After you are prompted to enter a command-line after numerous lines of status messages, type this command to mount the root Mac OS X drive as writable. Restart Mac and hold on Command + S to enter single user mode.Ģ. If you cannot work with Keychain Access because of something like Messages Agent constantly asking for the forgotten login keychain password, you can use command line to reset Keychain password in single user mode.ġ. Method 2: Reset Keychain password with command line in single user mode A new login keychain will recollecting and storing the passwords for Wi-Fi networks, email accounts, Web sites, and other logins as they occur. Note: If you have no such button, choose Edit Keychain List (Command + Option + L), select the login keychain, and click the minus button to delete it.Ĥ. Click it and enter the new login password in Password field to create new keychain. In newer versions of Mac OS X, such as on Yosemite, you will see a button Reset My Default Keychain under the General pane.ģ. Make sure it’s difficult for others to crack, but easy for you to remember. Check the box next to Encrypt backup disk and click the Use Backup Disk button. Go to Select Disk and select the disk you’re using for your Time Machine backup. Open Keychain Access from Finder> Applications Utilities, and choose Keychain Access Preferences from top menu.Ģ. Launch System Preferences, then click on the Time Machine icon. Method 1: Reset Keychain login password in Keychain AccessĪfter you log into Mac with new administrator password, follow the steps below.ġ.