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Jamf Connect is tool on Macs setup in 2021 that allows for on-demand account creation and keeps your Mac's local password in sync with your App State password. For more information about Jamf Connect, see the Jamf Connect guide.

This guide will show you the two ways Jamf Connect helps to keep your Mac's password in sync after your change your password on Password Manager. Both options will keep your password in sync, but you might see one or the other depending on when you changed your password. 

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1. Login through the Jamf Connect login window with your App State email address and password.
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2. You will be asked to verify your password.
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3. Jamf Connect will notify you that your passwords are out of sync. Enter your previous App State password (this is the password you used on your Mac before the password change)
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4. Once you get logged in, your Mac's password will now be in sync with your updated AppState App State password.

Jamf Connect Syncing While Already Logged In

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1. When Jamf Connect identifies that your passwords are out of sync on a periodic check, you will get the following notification. You can click Sync.
   

2. If you do not want to wait for the notification, you can initiate the password sync manually, but clicking click on the Jamf Connect icon in the menu bar and select Connect... 
   
   
   

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   You may see an error when Jamf Connect attempts to use your old password, this is normal and you can click OK.

   
   

   
3. At the Jamf Connect Sync window, sign in with your App State email address and use your new App State password.
   
4. Jamf Connect will notify you that your passwords are out of sync. Enter your previous App State password (this is the password you used on your Mac before the password change).
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5. Select Sync and your Mac's password will now be in sync with your updated App State password.
   
   

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