5) After your Mac has connected to the Wi-Fi network, it’ll download a recovery system image from Apple’s servers and start from it, giving you access to the recovery tools. Depending on your Internet connection, this may take anywhere from a couple of minutes to up to an hour, or longer.
Recovering a Forgotten WiFi Password Using Your Mac 1. Click on Launchpad in your dock, search for and click on “Keychain Access.” 2. When Keychain Access loads, click on “System” in the left-hand menu. That is where your WiFi network is located. Find your WiFi network in the long list.
When you have found it, right click on it and select “Get Info” to get to the screen where you can see the password. On the screen that follows and checkmark the box that says “Show password” to have it show you the WiFi password.
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A prompt will appear asking you to enter your username and password. Do so and click on “OK” to move forward. You will get a second prompt asking you to enter your full username and password. Fill in those details, and then click on “Allow” for Keychain Access to show the password. You should be able to see your WiFi network password in the box next to the “Show password” checkbox to help you use it on your other devices.
If you would like to copy the password to your clipboard in a faster way, you can simply right click your WiFi network in the list, select the “Copy Password to Clipboard” option and the password will be copied to your clipboard.