HT202385: Set a FileVault recovery key for Mac computers in your institution

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sivachinnaiyan
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Q: hai there.my name is shiva.i have forgotten my administrator password of my macbook pro and i dont have any idea of how to reset or retrieve the password back and set my mac to customize the settings.?

Hai there.This is Shiva . I need an help with the community about my mac adminstrator password. I have been using my mac for someitme and it seems  like i have forgotten my admin password and when ever i tried to do something change in my account it ask for admin password . since i have forgotten and i dont know how to get it back or retrieve it so i can get all my info from there and try to keep in safe custody in future. if anyone can help me with this that will a paramount for me and i would be happy to appreciate them. please help me .thanks.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 2, 2012 11:57 PM

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Q: hai there.my name is shiva.i have forgotten my administrator password of my macbook pro and i dont have any idea of how to reset o ... more

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  • by mcgerbs,

    mcgerbs mcgerbs Oct 3, 2012 12:05 AM in response to sivachinnaiyan
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    Oct 3, 2012 12:05 AM in response to sivachinnaiyan

    it sounds liek you have just forgotten your admin password correct?

    if you have tried leaving the filed blank and still cannot reset, then it will be really easy to reset if you ahve 10.7 or 10.8

     

    Boot to recovery partition

    --Hold down command r when the computer is off and reboot

     

    select english

    you will now see MAC OS X UTILITIES

     

    on the aplpe menu at the top select utilities

    --(not mac os x utilites next to the )

     

    select terminal

     

    a white box will appear

     

    type in "resetpassword" no spaces no quotes and press return.

    form there a new window will appear.

    select the drive (likely mac hd)

    select the admin user

     

    PRESS SAVE, NOT RESET!

     

    you will be good to go.

     

    upon logging in it may ask about keychain, or the log in keychain... just go into keychain acces from utilites and delete the login keychain and files from the file menu

  • by dominic23,

    dominic23 dominic23 Oct 3, 2012 6:21 AM in response to sivachinnaiyan
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    Mac OS X
    Oct 3, 2012 6:21 AM in response to sivachinnaiyan

    Follow the instructions in the beige and green boxes.

     

    http://pondini.org/OSX/Password.html

     

     

    Note

     

    You should now be able to log in with the new password, but you won't be able to unlock the Keychain. If you've forgotten the Keychain password (which is ordinarily the same as your login password), there's no way to recover it. You’ll need to reset your keychain in the preferences of the Keychain Access application.

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544