I cannot remember my administrator password; WHAT do we do?

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I cannot remember my administrator password; WHAT do we do?

What do I do if I cannot remember my administrator's password. I have used it exactly 0 times in the last 6 months which is how long I've had this present Mac which is not an old Mac.(mid-2014)

*sigh*😟

iMac, 10.9.5

Posted on Mar 28, 2015 9:47 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 29, 2015 3:51 AM in response to PearblossomCounty

You can reset your Admin password, and there are a number of ways you can do this. Below are the steps for one of these methods:

Boot to the recovery partition on your original drive by holding down the Command-R keys as you start up your Mac. (When you see the start up screen, you can let go of the keys.)
When your Mac boots, you will see the OS X Utilities screen. Click on Utilities in the Apple menu and select Terminal.
At the Terminal prompt, type ‘resetpassword’ (no quotes) then hit enter.
This will launch the reset utility, which allows you to select a drive, a user, then a new password and password hint for your admin user.
After saving, go to the Apple Menu and click Restart.

Hope this helps!

Joe.

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Answer 2

Mar 29, 2015 5:01 AM in response to Joe Felice

You can reset your Admin password, and there are a number of ways you can do this. Below are the steps for one of these methods:

Boot to the recovery partition

So theres no security method of preventing anyone from log in to any Mac at any time?

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Answer 3

Apr 2, 2015 5:25 PM in response to Joe Felice

Thank you for the kind reply. I will file it. As it turned out, I found the old password and it works. Yes, it was a matter of a letter that wasn't right.

Cyber-evolution exacts a certain amount of anxiety-cost. Cyber-nature.

Thankyou again for replying!

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