Bought Used macbook pro, don't have administrator password and don't have the OS disc. Is there a way I can reset or delete the password?

Hi there

If you follow the steps in this article, you should be right 🙂

Good Luck

Go to sys preferences and go to accounts you should see the change password option. change the password there. Hope this helps.

Joseph

If the user is unaware of the account password, then they will not be able to change it via System Preferences. That would be a little silly if you could change the password, without requiring the original.

Hey mate!

As you don't have the disc available, and don't know the password already, you're in a bit of a pickle.

Follow the step by step process of this website, and you will be able to reset the password. Be very cautious and type ONLY what you are told via the steps, as you're using the equvilent of Terminal, you could without too much effort muck up your Mac.

As i said though, I've done this a thousand times, if you follow it word for word, character for character, you'll get your password reset.

Good luck mate,

Regards,

Zet.

Hey I tried. That would be silly wouldn't it?

Hi

There actually is a slightly easier way in OS X 10.5 or greater.

1. Start up in single-user mode (hold Command-S as the computer starts up).

2. Type: mount -uw /

3. Press Return.

4. Type this:

passwd (user's short name)

Replace "(user's short name)" with the short name of the user account whose password you wish to reset. If you are not sure what the account name is, you can get a list of user names by typing: ls /Users

5. Press Return.

6. Enter a new user password.

7. Press Return.

8. Type: reboot

9. Press Return.

😀

Edit: My mistake Taylor, mine IS different. Yours is the better way.

Hi

I did read it, and mine is shorter 🙂