Lastly, you could boot to recovery HD or internet recovery and reinstall the OS to a USB drive.
#After 10.13.3 update my word for mac will not open properly password
If you have a second admin account that is FileVault enabled, you could reboot and use that password to unlock the disk and then reset the password on your main account. This will not work if you have rebooted the Mac and Recovery HD boot is waiting at the Filevault unlock screen. If you have ssh enabled, or remote desktop enabled, and the Mac is still logged in to your account, you could log in to the Mac from another Mac over the network. You can choose a new password for a new admin account and then import the user files. If you used AppleID, you can enter that without needing emoji.īarring that, If you have a current backup (or can let things complete if you are logged in), the fastest way froward is to wipe the Mac and then restore the backup. If you used a recovery key - you can enter it without needing emoji keys. Some good news, Apple has disabled emoji entry in the password pane for 10.11 El Capitan - I can't paste or get emoji in the Users & Groups preference pane.Īpple's official manner to get past this is to click the ? in the password field and reset your password.
Since you have Filevault - that makes your situation precarious and a bit delicate. You may see two dots in the field, but it is still just one character. You can input 1F600 by holding down the option key while typing D83DDE00. For these you need to find the two corresponding UTF-16 Hex codes (sometimes called "surrogates") by consulting Character Viewer or using an internet source like. Other emoji have Unicode hex numbers with 5 characters, such as Grinning Face U+1F600 ?. With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, you input this by holding down the Option key while you type 2708. Some items you find in the "emoji" category have Unicode hex numbers with just 4 characters, such as Airplane U+2708 ✈. This number can be found in the Character Viewer or on the internet. This can be used to input emoji (or any other character) into the password field, as long as you know the Unicode Hex number of the character. If you have "Other Input Sources" available at the top right of your login screen, select the one called Unicode Hex Input.