what is the default password for macbook pro

Give it a try:

How to change your username and/or password from the Terminal

1. Boot into single-user or verbose mode

2. At the prompt enter the following commands. Press RETURN after each:

fsck -fy

mount -uw /

launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist

dscl . -passwd /Users/username password

Replace username with the targeted user and password with the desired password.

Reboot

This allows you to reset the password in single user mode without booting from the install media. The above tip is attributed to Satcomer.

You will still need to buy a Snow Leopard DVD or replacement discs for the computer:

Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.

For iTunes: Apple Support for iTunes - Contact Us

There is no default password. If there were, everyone would know it and passwords would not protect anything.

Ask your seller for the password.

Did you get the original Installer DVD (old version) with it? If not, you will need to but a new copy of Mac OS X 10.7.

If this is a Firmware/Boot password that you have to enter before you do anything else then you need to get it from the seller. If he does not have it or does not respond immediately with the correct password then you need to file a complaint with PayPal and eBay to get your money back.

There is no way to remove that password without knowing what it is.

You may very well be correct. After Re-Reading the OP it does sound like the new owner, the Original Poster, booted the system and wanted to create a new User with Password and is getting the authorization box from the original user account asking for the password to that account.

But if the seller did not include the original system discs with the system I'd send it back and give that advice to the OP.

scottyboy74 wrote:

Thats correct everytime I try to create a new user, it will not let me get any further as i dont have the password.

Did the seller include the Original System discs with the system? There are two of them. A OS reinstall disc and a Applications reinstall disc.

If he didn't then I suggest you send it back.

But if you are set on keeping it then you need to contact Apple and Order Replacement System discs for it.

Otherwise you will have no way to reinstall the operating system, OS X, or reinstall the originally included iLife Apps.

There is no default password. Contact the seller for that information or select Mac Help fromt he Finder's Help menu and search for "forget password."

That's not entirely correct. 🙂

Kappy wrote:

That's not entirely correct. 🙂

Close enough IMHO in this situation.

Could be the unit is stolen, not saying it is, but it is a possibility.

I agree, but the secret has been let out before, so it can be discovered pretty easily, I think.

But in this case it sounds like an admin password problem, though I could well be wrong.

if the mac login asks for password which you have not set, then try using your Apple ID password (i.e., which you would be use for logging in applications such as itunes).