Q: How do I change my administration password? My computer will not let me due to the fact that I cannot remember the original one

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.

For Snow Leopard and earlier with installer DVD

     Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password,

     OS X- Changing or resetting an account password (Snow Leopard and earlier).

For Snow Leopard and earlier without installer DVD

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

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