My wife has a macbook - she has forgotten her password and all the prompts have not helped remembered.
Obviously we can not download programs, etc as we do not know the password.
What are the options available to have the password reset?
I was thinking of buying a HDD transferring all her data and resetting the macbook - but she tells me there is some recovery disc you can buy??
Any ideas, suggestions?
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
Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD — Tech News and Analysis
Thanks.
Do do the first option listed, will that delete data?? Do I need to back up saved data??
Nothing is deleted by any of those procedures. The first option is used if you are running Lion or later.
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