Dear friends
recently my friend ask to setup a macbook air 10.8.5
his ungle gave as gift
so i need to passthrough the old password to make a new password and apple id
i search on the internet and found a very easy way to reset password through recovery mode
i ask my self is there any kind way to lock the root i mean the boot
coz if i can not do then its very easy to delete password
Any help please
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), SSD vector , 10gb ram
There are several ways. You can create an encrypted hard drive using FileVault 2.
OS X- How to create and deploy a recovery key for FileVault 2
You can create a Firmware Password:
Dear Kappy
thanks for responce
but i am relly dissapointed from how easy and stupid is to believe i am secure with password
at the first the fileVault is out of question
as the firmware i cant fint it ...apple tell is an old page
btw i dont want to be an expert to secure my macbook
I guess you did not read the links I sent.
You can enable the Firmware Password:
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.
From the Utilities menu select Firmware Password. You can set or remove a Firmware Password using this utility.
how secure is my password
