where, or what, this password is/does.
It is presumably not the one for your Mac as you would never have been given an option to have it restored by mail.
Exactly where do you use this password and what does it let you into?
I suspect that the fact that you are new to Mac has nothing at all to do with this problem
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I am having a little trouble with my passwords, I thought I remembered them all, but did not, to get my password restored I was given the choice of by mail, or answer questions I installed at the start. I used the e-mail option first and there was no reply, so I went to the questions, the first one being my birthdate, lo and behold it stated this was a wrong answer.Now I really know my birthdate, so obviously, I put it my profile wrong. I am new to Mac, and cannot find the profile page to make the change. Thanks,
JIm
PS I am using a 2012 Mini Mac.
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