Apple Mac

[Whistle]

I have an Apple Mac left from my late farther. I don’t have the password but do have an iCloud password.

Is there anyway of accessing it without loosing what’s on it?
I guess it’s full of family photos so would like to retrieve them.

I have looked and for some reason putting the password in 3 times incorrectly it doesn’t give me an iCloud log in option.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[BlueMR2]

If you know his mac account address you could try logging into icloud online to see what is in the backups.

[duff-man]

Was the Mac connected to the internet when you tried to do the reset?

Have you confirmed that the Mac is registered to the Apple ID by signing into the Apple ID on a different machine?

[babelfish]

Whistle said:

but do have an iCloud password.

“Reset it using your Apple ID”
After entering your password up to three times, if you see the option to reset using your Apple ID, click it.

If your Mac immediately asks for your Apple ID, enter that information and click Reset Password.

If your Mac restarts, follow the steps in the previous section, “Restart and show password reset options”.

What happens next depends on how your Mac is set up.

If you’re asked to create a new keychain to store the user's passwords, click OK to restart your Mac.

If you’re asked to select an admin user, you know the password for, click “Forgotten all passwords?”

If you see a Reset Password window with the option to Deactivate Mac, click Deactivate Mac. Then click Deactivate to confirm the temporary deactivation.

Enter your new password information, then click Next. (If you see multiple user accounts, click the Set Password button next to each account name, then enter the new password information for each account).

When the password reset process has been completed, click Restart.



https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102633

[Whistle]

Thanks for all the replies, with your help and a bit of a chance I have full access now.