forgot my macbook pro password

a user password or an administrator passoword?

To reset a user password:

1. Log in with an administrator account.
2. From the Apple menu choose System Preferences.
3. From the View menu choose Accounts.
4. Click the lock button if it appears locked; enter the administrator password.
5. Select the username whose password you want to change.
6. Click the Reset Password button (Mac OS X v10.3 and v10.4) or the Change Password button (Mac OS X v10.5 or later).
7. Enter a new password in both the Password and Verify fields, and add a hint if desired.
8. Click the Reset Password button (Mac OS X v10.3 and v10.4) or the Change Password button (Mac OS X v10.5 or later).
9. If a dialog box appears with the message "Your Keychain password will be changed to your new account password," click OK.

To reset an administrator password without a disc:

You can try this:

But, it will create a new account and your old files will still not be accessible.

Creating a new Admin on Mac Os X:

Here's how to reset your OS X password without an OS X CD.

the Working solution for me was to create a new admin

you can create new admin like this by deleting a specific file.

You need to enter terminal and create a new admin account:

1. Reboot

2. Hold apple key + s key down after you hear the chime. (command + s on newer Macs)

3. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):

mount -uw /

rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

shutdown -h now

4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and your good to go again!

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shldr2thewheel wrote:

4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and your good to go again!

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If the OP follows this advice all of his data will be deleted!

Try this,

4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply go to users and groups (Apple>System Preferences>Users and Groups). Change or delete the password on the old account, then login to the old account and (if you want to), delete the NEW account.