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I forgot my login for my Mac I nd to start over

I forgot the Mac login for my Mac computer .... I haven't used it in a long time... I bought it from my brother he set m up a login name and password ... but I haven't used it in so long we both forgot what it is


iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 11, 2023 10:19 AM

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Feb 11, 2023 1:06 PM in response to resetmymacforgotlogin

See if you can create a new administrator account by restarting the Setup Assistant:

  1. Boot into Single User Mode: Start/restart your Mac. As soon as you hear the startup tone, press and hold ⌘ + S until you see a black screen with white lettering. (If you end up back on the login screen after a flash of the black screen with white lettering, enter your password and it will return to the black screen.)
  2. Check and repair the drive by typing /sbin/fsck -fy then ↩ enter - as directed by the on-screen text.
  3. Mount the drive as read-write by typing /sbin/mount -uw / then ↩ enter.
  4. Remove the Apple Setup Done file by typing rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone then ↩ enter.
  5. Reboot by typing reboot then ↩ enter.
  6. Complete the setup process, creating a new admin account.


Be very careful to notice the spaces in those Terminal Commands.


Once you've done that the computer reboots and it's like the first time you used the machine, except all your data will still be there. Your old accounts are all safe. From there you just change all other account passwords in the account preferences!!

I forgot my login for my Mac I nd to start over

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