I tried to change my password, but my Mac told me I had my old password wrong. I tried again and again, finally giving up. Now my mac doesn't know me. What can I do? I can log on with my admin password, but I don't see where I can change profile passwords.
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)
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
Nope, I'm not with any wildlife system. I'm with the rock. The one that dares to be different. I am, so it seems, the only one dumb enough to accept a free system upgrade (Yosemite). Yosemite killed most of my Adobe applications (probably a plan by Adobe to force more people to Creative Cloud).
So the winning answer is below under Related Articles: OS X...
1. Log in using my admin account.
2. Click System Preferences.
3. Select Users & Groups.
4. Click the lock (to unlock).
5. Enter your admin password.
6. Select the relevant user account.
7. Click change password.
I was trying to do this through the Security and Privacy item, which included a Change Password button, but to no avail. Accessing the password through Users & Groups worked nicely.
How can I recover my Mac profile password?
