My teen son changed all the settings on our family computer and now I cannot log itno my computer because he has changed all the settings and passwords.
Pls help.
OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Forgot Your Account Password
For Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks
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, OS X Mountain Lion- Reset a login password,
and OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
For Snow Leopard and earlier with installer DVD
Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password
For Snow Leopard and earlier without installer DVD
How to reset your Mac OS X password without an installer disc | MacYourself
I suggest you create a managed account for your son wherein he cannot make such changes without the admin password. I would change your admin password and not reveal it to him or anyone else.
Forgot Your Account Password
For Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks
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, OS X Mountain Lion- Reset a login password,
and OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
For Snow Leopard and earlier with installer DVD
Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password
For Snow Leopard and earlier without installer DVD
How to reset your Mac OS X password without an installer disc | MacYourself
I suggest you create a managed account for your son wherein he cannot make such changes without the admin password. I would change your admin password and not reveal it to him or anyone else.
Hi,
Thanks for the tips and help.
I was able to create a new admin (mom) and a new password.
How do I delete the other admin (the one I suspect my son set up)?
The guest user is still there as well
The Guest user is a read-only account. It only allows access to the Shared folder.
Open Users & Groups preferences, click on the lock and authenticate, select the account you wish to remove, then click on the Delete [-] button at the bottom of the list. Be sure to select the Immediate delete option if asked.
Re-configure your son's account as a Managed account. You can then use Parental Controls to restrict his access only to what you approve. Be sure you do not give him access to System Preferences.
Hi Kappy, Thank you for the response.
It won't let me highlight the other admin account, so I cannot delete it.
Also, the little lock symbol at the bottom is constantly open.
I'm not sure I understand. Is that the account you are logged into or are you logged into one of the other admin accounts? Or do you have Fast User Switching enabled? If so then turn it off.
I can't log into my computer because i don't know the desktop admin's password, pls help. It lets me log in as a guest user but I don't the password for the guest user either.
