I have a second hand ibook g4 and I need to reset the administrator password. I have no discs or access to the previous owner. is there anything I can do?

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I have a second hand ibook g4 and I need to reset the administrator password. I have no discs or access to the previous owner. is there anything I can do?

Posted on Jul 4, 2014 2:02 PM

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Kappy

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Jul 4, 2014 2:13 PM in response to Simmasinger

You might have luck with this:

For Snow Leopard and earlier without installer DVD

How to reset your Mac OS X password without an installer disc | MacYourself

Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD — Tech News and Analysis

How To Create A New Administrator Account - Hack Mac

You should get a retail set of installer discs for it. You can certainly run Tiger. Some of the models will run Leopard if they have an 867 MHz CPU or faster. You can look for them on eBay or Amazon.

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