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Forgot the passward

It's been a Long time since I haven't used my Mac and I forgot my passward

I want to log in but I don't know how

Quicktime-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 15, 2012 7:59 PM

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Dec 15, 2012 8:00 PM in response to sss0296

Forgot Your Account Password


For Snow Leopard and earlier


Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password


For Lion/Mountain Lion


Boot to the Recovery HD:


Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.


When the menubar appears select Terminal from the Utilities menu.

Enter resetpassword at the prompt and press RETURN. Follow

instructions in the dialog window that will appear.


Or see Reset a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password and

OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.

Forgot the passward

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