Forgot my MacBook Air password

Well, hoping that it either Lion Or mountain Lion, you can reset the password without any external disk.

On Lion or Mountain Lion, you use the following technique to reset the Administrators password:

Boot to your Recovery Partition, by holding down the Option key while starting, and then selecting the Recovery HD as the boot choice.

Once booted, at the top of the screen is a menu ..., select Utilities / Terminal from the menu bar.

In the Terminal window, type “resetpassword” (without the quotes) and press return. A “Reset Password” window will open. Select your boot volume (your SSD drive) if it is not already selected. Select your administrators username from the menu labeled “Select the user account” if it is not already selected. Follow the prompts to reset the password. Restart the computer from the apple menu.

If you are using the Keychain, you will lose your existing one, and have to start a new one, unless you remember the old password.

If your version is older than Lion, you will absolutely need a system disk. If yours is lost, then contact Apple parts ordering for a replacement.

First, here's a bit of help just to make sure you've exhausted all options to retrieve your password:

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10980

If that fails, do a recovery. Try the Command-R as described in the first paragraph first. If that fails (which it shouldn't), go on reading and try the internet recovery.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

Good luck.

SP Forsythe

Thank you very much for your above post.. It saved my day.

Anis

Thanks a lot.

Finally, the right answer!

Thank you very much!

Yesterday,I tried to reset my password via using unix command (hold "command" button + "s") but it didn't work.

You saved my life !! 😁 😝 haha

Perfect. It worked the very first try. Thank you.

You are a life savior!!!

Thanks you just made my day!

Thanks, it workd.

But a new question now. With this method everyone can reset our password and access to our macbook. It doesn't seems safe.

Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!

Thanks a lot SP Forsythe. Your solution is a life saver. 🙂

On the other hand, mohamadgw's concern is right.

Thanks allot

Thank you for your post. You have also saved my day, and possibly my husband's law career as he wants to use the MacBook Air for taking the bar!

OMGosh, You are the BEST!! I tried all the other suggestions I found. You deserve the best weekend ever! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Thank you so much.