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Forgot password for imac 2009

I forgot my iMac passwords so how can I recover it please advise

Posted on Apr 29, 2022 3:04 PM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2022 4:28 PM

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202860

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Apr 29, 2022 4:28 PM in response to sandip271

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202860

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Apr 29, 2022 3:12 PM in response to sandip271

Restart in the recovery partition (Command + R on startup) and open Terminal. You will fin Terminal in the menus. In terminal type resetpassword and follow the prompts.

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Apr 29, 2022 3:05 PM in response to sandip271

Hi

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Forgot password for imac 2009

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