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how to retrieve Enter your Mac's administrator's password

I need to make changes on my Mac Book Pro and it keeps asking for my password. I have tried EVERY possible password that I have used or changed to, but still cannot seem to get the correct one. How can I retrieve my administrator's password? My system is OS X 10.9.2

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)

Posted on Jun 8, 2014 8:50 AM

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Jun 8, 2014 9:00 AM in response to cal_cop

OS X Mavericks: Reset a login password


Scroll down to Resetting the original administrator account password. Try the procedure under reset your user password with your Apple ID.


If that does not work for whatever reason you can also use the following technique:


  1. Restart your Mac while holding down the ⌘ and R keys at the same time until you see the OS X Recovery screen.
  2. From the menu bar at the top, select Utilities > Terminal.
  3. In the Terminal window type resetpassword and press Enter. A window will open behind Terminal that looks like this


User uploaded file


User uploaded file

  1. Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD" in the above screenshot), choose your user account from the dropdown selection, enter a new password, complete the password hint field, and click Save.
  2. You may then see a confirmation dialog explaining how this change affects Keychain Access and what to do about it. Remember it or write it down, then click OK.
  3. Quit Reset Password
  4. Quit Terminal
  5. Quit OS X Utilities and restart your Mac.


To fix your Keychain problems, go to your Utilities folder and open Keychain Access. Follow the steps here: Mac OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password.

how to retrieve Enter your Mac's administrator's password

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