I turned on this morning with my imac and my password no longer works.  What is happening with this?

The only change that I made using my imac was change my email address on different sites, such as Apple, but using a different computer.  I have no connection issues in my icloud & apple accounts, but the imac allows me to do more.

Any ideas?  Thank you.

Password reset

1. turn off the computer and wait a few minutes.

2. turn the & at the same time hold down the 'command' & keys 'R '.

3. next screen... In the menu bar, click on utilities (NOT OS X UTILITIES)

4. in the drop down menu, click Terminal.

5. in the small terminal window: Type-> resetpassword Hit return key.

6 reset password window will appear.  Follow the on-screen instructions to reset the password.  Make sure you only select the administrator account to reset the password.

Also, check out the following user Tip: reset the user password in OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite

Knowledge Base articles: change or reset a user account on your Mac password and this article what to do if your Mac refuses to accept your password.

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