I've got a Macbook Pro running MacOS 12.7.4 Monterey with two local accounts: user and admin, both without an Apple ID.
The user account has a "screen time" passcode set that I forgot:
The official instructions say:
- Click Change Passcode, then click Forgot Passcode.
- Enter the Apple ID and password you used to set up the Screen Time passcode.
The window does not have a "forgot passcode" button, and I suspect this is because the account does not have an Apple ID.
After searching for hours for a solution, I spent 50 internet points to get an answer but nobody could help.
The only options left are:
-
Delete the user account and create a new one.
Lose all settings like wallpaper, keychain and dock preferences. -
Install Linux that allows me to reset such things in config files.
For me this one of the shady things Apple does to nudge people into their pay-per-month online system, just as they do with the system preferences advertisements.