Welcome to /r/Mac! We are reddit's community of Mac users, enthusiasts, and experts. Please submit or enjoy content, comments, or questions related to the Mac platform, be it related to the hardware or software that makes it up. A Reset Password window opens. Select your boot volume if not already selected. Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected. Follow the prompts to reset the password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9. Select Restart from the menu bar. If the password hint doesn't show up, that will be because it wasn't set to show password hints in the Login Options. Unfortunately, the only way to change this setting is to log into your Mac.
If you forget the password for your account on your Macintosh, it limits your ability to make changes to settings, add or remove programs, and overall achieve complete functionality with your Mac. Fortunately, Apple has made it relatively easy to reset this password.
There are two simple methods to do this: Method 1 - Using an installation disk or the recovery partition Note: recovery partitions are only availnbale on OSX 10.7 and newer. 10.6 and below will require the disk method. Insert your Mac OS X installation disk (if using this method). Restart your computer holding down the Option key. You will have a choice to boot from your hard drive, recovery partition, or the cd.
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Choose the cd or recovery partition and click the arrow button under the icon. Choose your language and click continue until the tool bar appears at the top of the screen.
It will usually come up after two windows. Click on Utilities then select Reset pasword. If this option is not available select Terminal. When Terminal loads enter 'resetpassword' without the quotes and press enter. This will launch the password reset utility.
You will have the option select the hard drive where the user acount is located. There will probably be one option labeled Macintosh HD as in the image below. Next select the user from the drop down menu you would like to edit, then enter and reenter a new user password and optional hint then click save.
You can now restart the computer normally and use the new password to log in to the user account. Method 2 - Possible when there is another administrator account on the computer. Log in with the administrator account with a known password. From the Apple menu choose System Preferences. From the View menu choose Accounts.
Click the lock button if it appears locked; enter the administrator password. Select the username whose password you want to change. Click the Reset Password button or the Change Password button. Enter a new password in both the Password and Verify fields, and add a hint if desired. Click the Change Password button. If a dialog box appears with the message 'Your Keychain password will be changed to your new account password,' click OK Note: While it is not necessary to have a system password, it is highly recommended.
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Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Utilities ▹ Terminal from the menu bar. In the Terminal window, type this: resetpassword That's one word with no spaces. Then press return. A Reset Password window opens.
Select your boot volume if not already selected. Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected. Follow the prompts to reset the password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9. Select ▹ Restart from the menu bar.
You should now be able to log in with the new password, but your Keychain will be reset (empty.) If you've forgotten the Keychain password (which is ordinarily the same as your login password), there's no way to recover it. Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Utilities ▹ Terminal from the menu bar. In the Terminal window, type this: resetpassword That's one word with no spaces. Then press return. A Reset Password window opens. Select your boot volume if not already selected. Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected. Follow the prompts to reset the password.
It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9. Select ▹ Restart from the menu bar. You should now be able to log in with the new password, but your Keychain will be reset (empty.) If you've forgotten the Keychain password (which is ordinarily the same as your login password), there's no way to recover it.
Ausonau - It's great that you want to help people here. That's what this site is all about. We're all other Mac users here, helping each other find solutions. In the future, if you find a post that would be perfect to answer a question, copy and paste it, but also give credit to the original author (in this case, Linc Davis).
'According to another helper here, Linc Davis. Then paste his words. That way, you've given credit to the original author. Just good forum manners. (I was guilty of forgetting to do this one time, years ago, so I do understand. Just don't forget it in the future, OK?). Its my first time using the apple support communities discussion for a long time.
I forgotten some of its functions. I don't know how to put credit from other people. I undertstood what you mean't completely. Bee wrote: ausonau - It's great that you want to help people here. That's what this site is all about.
We're all other Mac users here, helping each other find solutions. In the future, if you find a post that would be perfect to answer a question, copy and paste it, but also give credit to the original author (in this case, Linc Davis). 'According to another helper here, Linc Davis. Then paste his words. That way, you've given credit to the original author. Just good forum manners. (I was guilty of forgetting to do this one time, years ago, so I do understand.
Just don't forget it in the future, OK?). Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only.
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