So i forgot my HDD password and i can't find any way to change it, anybody knows a way? (the only way i know is formatting my disk, which of course its a headache...😕)
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Do you mean the FileVault 2 password for access to an encrypted drive or do you mean your user account's login password?
How to bypass FileVault when you restart your Mac | MacIssues
Do you mean the FileVault 2 password for access to an encrypted drive or do you mean your user account's login password?
How to bypass FileVault when you restart your Mac | MacIssues
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 upward 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.
hey, thank you for answering this fast; and the problem is with my main operative drive (the whole drive including documents and the OS), will those instructions work on the latest update of mac OS? (Yosemite 10.10.5) thanks again and have good one!
i forgot my master password what can i do to change it?
