I'm having trouble with my computer. i'm trying to restore my computer's hard drive and renstall my os. my issue is that when i press command+R a lock comes up and i don't know the password cause this is a used computer. I got it from my last school and i was wondering if there's a way to reset the password?
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
blckspider04 wrote:
i was wondering if there's a way to reset the password?
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/
Did this computer come with Lion originally or was it upgraded from Snow Leopard? If it's the former, the recovery process should work; if it was updated to Lion, then it may not because the MAS license for Lion is not transferable - that could be why the recovery partition is not working; MAS is trying to match not only your machine ID, but also your Apple ID which apparently does not match. Hopefully I'm wrong and the above link will work though. Otherwise, you'll have to wipe the drive and purchase Lion to reinstall.
Are you seeing this
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I believe the corresponding screen for Intel Macs is slightly different:
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I've never seen either screen before - how/when does it show up? I have both an iMac and a Macbook.
Thanks!
yes mine looks like this, i was wondering how can i reset it because i dont know the password
yes mine looks similar to this, i was wondering how can i reset it because i dont know the password
Command+R
