Q: Resetting Password error message
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Feb 14, 2015 5:22 PMby my ginger,Hi. I'm not sure if you are at a login screen or using terminal commands or in users , but you can in single user mode set up the Power book to login as it is being setup for the first time. Here is a link that shows how this is done. http://www.theinstructional.com/guides/how-to-re-run-the-os-x-setup-assistant
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Feb 14, 2015 5:53 PMby my ginger,If you can't do it this way here is another way from single user mode.http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/25/change-admin-password-mac/
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Feb 15, 2015 9:39 AMby JeriGn,I used command + S as I did in first time. that took me to terminal and I then proceeded with the instructions. The first time everything went smoothly and it took me to setting up my new account. Not this time as it can't find the last file Iine I typed in. Are you not allowed to change your password more than once?
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Feb 20, 2015 8:47 AMby my ginger,Hi I found another way to go into single users and redo the password. It's a little longer, but should work. http://www.macyourself.com/2009/08/03/how-to-reset-your-mac-os-x-password-withou t-an-installer-disc/
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Feb 20, 2015 4:00 PMby JeriGn,Thanks for all the help received My problem resulted from incorrect spacing on the last terminal entry. Now my son has a working laptop and a password he can live with. It was hard to determine exactly where the spacing should be. I thought there was a space following db/.
