Need Help with Mojave Login

[GgmtststtIcnc]

I downloaded the Mojave Public Beta after backing up my data on Time Machine. All went well until I realized that Mojave will not allow the publishing of books in iPhoto. When I went to return to High Sierra after erasing my hard drive I realized that I did not have a bootable disk for High Sierra. I did a clean reinstall of Mojave and all was well and I entered the password to login. It worked fine and then when I went to log in again the password would not be accepted. I get in a reset loop which send a code to my iphone and then once I enter the code the wheel spins and nothing happens. As of now I am locked out of my computer. I am hoping that someone has a suggestion. I can not repeat the process of erasing and reinstalling as a password is required for that. I have a 2015 MacBook Pro.

 

[Fishrrman]

"As of now I am locked out of my computer. I am hoping that someone has a suggestion."

A suggestion?
Yes, I have a suggestion.

NEXT TIME you try a beta upgrade like this, use either CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper to create a BOOTABLE cloned backup on an external drive BEFORE you install the beta software.

With a cloned backup, "getting back to where you once belonged" would become easy:
1. boot from the backup
2. erase internal drive
3. RE-CLONE the backup BACK TO the internal drive
4. Done.

Because you DIDN'T do this, you are now "up the creek without a paddle".

Can you boot to internet recovery?
Power down, all the way off.
Press power on button and hold down command/option/R until the internet symbol appears.
You may need to enter the password for your router to connect.

I'd then use Disk Utility to erase the entire drive, and then install whatever version of the OS internet recovery will provide.

But again, if you'd used CCC (or SD) instead of TM, you wouldn't be "where you are right now"...

 

[GgmtststtIcnc]

Thank you for your thoughtful response. I was able to get my login to work so the computer is functional again on Mojave. (Note to self: make sure that Caps Lock is not on when you enter your password for the first time.) Is there anyway possible to download and make a bootable High Sierra install on a flash drive at this point while you have Mohave installed. If not, I will need to make one from another Mac using that operating system.

 

[tywebb13]

Is there anyway possible to download and make a bootable High Sierra install on a flash drive at this point while you have Mohave installed.

Yes. Mojave won't let you download High Sierra via mac app store. Use installinstallmacos.py instead to get High Sierra.

I posted instructions here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...pport-for-itunes.2126709/page-7#post-26243593

and to make the bootable usb, I put instructions here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...pport-for-itunes.2126709/page-7#post-26243153

 

[GgmtststtIcnc]

Thank you! I hope that you are willing to answer a few questions along the way because I want to do this successfully. I have Python downloaded and have made a file in my document folder called python and have saved the install install macros.py script to that folder. My question is how much of that script do you enter into python in the Idle terminal?
[doublepost=1531608927][/doublepost]In other words, how much of this script goes into the terminal?
https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts/blob/master/installinstallmacos.py

 

[TriBruin]

Thank you! I hope that you are willing to answer a few questions along the way because I want to do this successfully. I have Python downloaded and have made a file in my document folder called python and have saved the install install macros.py script to that folder. My question is how much of that script do you enter into python in the Idle terminal?
[doublepost=1531608927][/doublepost]In other words, how much of this script goes into the terminal?
https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts/blob/master/installinstallmacos.py

None. That is an application that is run from terminal. You can run it in a couple of ways.

Open terminal and do one of the following options (assuming the .py file is in your download folder):

cd ~/Downloads
sudo python installinstallmacos.py
<type password>

or

cd ~/Downloads
chmod +x ./installinstallmacos.py
sudo ./installinstallmacos.py
<type password>

 

[tywebb13]

Thank you! I hope that you are willing to answer a few questions along the way because I want to do this successfully. I have Python downloaded and have made a file in my document folder called python and have saved the install install macros.py script to that folder. My question is how much of that script do you enter into python in the Idle terminal?
[doublepost=1531608927][/doublepost]In other words, how much of this script goes into the terminal?
https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts/blob/master/installinstallmacos.py

As I said before I put the details for running installinstallmacos.py here https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...pport-for-itunes.2126709/page-7#post-26243593 to get high sierra from within mojave

and for making the bootable usb here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...pport-for-itunes.2126709/page-7#post-26243153

But TriBruin is right. There are alternative ways of running installinstallmacos.py too.

 

[GgmtststtIcnc]

I was able to get a bootable USB High Sierra Flash Drive (from another Mac) and am currently bringing my MacBook Pro back to where it was before my beta test drive. This is the process being used:

https://appletoolbox.com/2018/07/how-to-downgrade-from-macos-mojave-beta-to-macos-high-sierra/

One last comment...I really enjoyed Mojave during the short time that I used it and look forward to having it back on the computer this fall. There are many welcome additions, including increased speed.

 

[macintoshmac]

Could someone check this for me: login passwords with number and symbols are not working?

I upgraded my 10.13.6 install to 10.14 beta 1/2/3 and everything was okay. My login password contains alphabet, numeral, symbol.

Today I did a fresh install of beta 3 and I wasn't able to login with the password. I removed the numeral and symbol from the password and I was able to get past the login screen again.