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password is not working how do reset it

I have a 2014 imac 21" using osx 10.9.5 currently. my password is not working. is there a way to fix this at home?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Mar 29, 2015 11:23 AM

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Mar 29, 2015 11:27 AM in response to sawbucktx

Forgot Your Account Password


For Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks


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.


When the menubar appears select Terminal from the Utilities menu.

Enter resetpassword at the prompt and press RETURN. Follow

instructions in the dialog window that will appear.


Or see:


Reset a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password

OS X Mountain Lion- Reset a login password,

OS X Mavericks- Solve password problems,

OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.

password is not working how do reset it

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