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diff --git a/source/blog/2015-10-01-upgrading-to-el-capitan.md b/source/blog/2015-10-01-upgrading-to-el-capitan.md index 7202212f..ebdc1d13 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-10-01-upgrading-to-el-capitan.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-10-01-upgrading-to-el-capitan.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Thus far, most of my programs and applications seem to work just fine on El Capi Overall it was pretty good experience. Nevertheless, I was caught by surprise at least twice, due to subtle user-facing changes in the OS. Actually these surprises motivated me to write this post. -First, <u>the OS seems to default to using the iCloud password (i.e., the Apple ID password) as the local account password now.</u> Maybe I missed a checkbox during setup (unlikely), and maybe it was nothing new (I don't think so), but I only realized this when I needed to `sudo` on the new OS for the first time. I typed my usual local password thrice, no luck. Did I accidentally gave my 1Password master password? Thrice, no luck. Did I accidentally used Vagrant's default password (i.e., `vagrant`, however unlikely)? This one is short enough and I didn't need to type it thrice to realize it was wrong — I knew that all along anyway. Did I... No, I couldn't have used anything else (literally ten minutes ago) without remembering it. I was completely horror-struck at that point, but speaking of remembering, I didn't even remember giving a password hint! So could it be... Yes, I typed in my 32 character long iCloud password, and this time it was right. This setting can obviously be toggled in System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Change Password (see screenshot below), so if you are in this situation, don't panic. I don't like this move though. Hopefully Apple won't degrade to Microsoft's level at some future point, where you either sign in with a Microsoft account (and have to type your Microsoft password to log in) or miss out on cloud features with a local account. +First, <u>the OS seems to default to using the iCloud password (i.e., the Apple ID password) as the local account password now.</u> Maybe I missed a checkbox during setup (unlikely), and maybe it was nothing new (I don't think so), but I only realized this when I needed to `sudo` on the new OS for the first time. I typed my usual local password thrice, no luck. Did I accidentally gave my 1Password master password? Thrice, no luck. Did I accidentally used Vagrant's default password (i.e., `vagrant`, however unlikely)? This one is short enough and I didn't need to type it thrice to realize it was wrong — I knew that all along anyway. Did I... No, I couldn't have used anything else (literally ten minutes ago) without remembering it. I was completely horror-struck at that point, but speaking of remembering, I didn't even remember giving a password hint! So could it be... Yes, I typed in my 32 character long iCloud password, and this time it was right. I quickly realized after the fact that this setting could be toggled in the standard System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Change Password... (see screenshot below), so if you are in this situation, don't panic. I don't like this move though. Hopefully Apple won't degrade to Microsoft's level at some future point, where you either sign in with a Microsoft account (and have to type your Microsoft password to log in) or miss out on cloud features with a local account.  @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Maybe Apple found it somewhat confusing with the three finger tap/click, which i  -[^state]: State information includes `~/.config` and `~/.local`, Google Chrome and Firefox profiles, Messages archive, Mathematica customizations, Unclutter notes, VMware Fusion inventory, various important plists, and so on and so forth +[^state]: State information includes `~/.config` and `~/.local`, Google Chrome and Firefox profiles, Messages archive, Mathematica customizations, Unclutter notes, VMware Fusion inventory, various important plists, and so on and so forth. [^existing]: Unless you are stupid enough to specify the `--delete` flag when you transfer in. |