I forgot my mac administrator ID, how do i change or recover it? I cannot download apps without it.

I forgot my mac administrator ID, how do i change or recover it? I cannot download apps without it.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 28, 2020 1:15 PM

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Aug 28, 2020 1:26 PM in response to Sam4rams

Do the steps below and when it states press your user, that should show you the ID.


  1. Press Command and R keys while your Mac is starting up and hold those keys until you see the Apple icon. If you have a Mac with Internet Recovery, read -> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718. If your Mac has got a wireless keyboard, press them when you hear the startup sound.
  2. Once you see the "OS X Utilities" window, go to Utilities -> Terminal, and type:


resetpassword


Press your user and type your password. Finally, reboot, and you will have changed the user password successfully.


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