How do I retrieve my admin password in El Capitan. I recently upgraded to El Capitan through App Store download. Today I wanted to change the name of a folder and got the menu saying log in as admin. When I entered my password from before, it only shakes the little box ( really irritating! ). what do I do to either get the old one back or change my password?
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Reset Password
OS X 10.7 Lion,10.8 Mountain Lion,10.9 Yosemite, 10.10 Yosemite and 10.11 El Capitan
Start the computer,then press and hold down command and R keys to start into recovery partition.
When you see the Apple logo, release the keys.
Wait until OS X Utilities window shows up.
Move the mouse pointer to the menubar at the very top of the screen, click "Utilities” and then select "Terminal"
from the dropdown.
Terminal window will appear.
Type in resetpassword and press enter on the keyboard.
Leave the Terminal window open.
Reset Password Utility window will open with Macintosh HD selected.
Select the user account from the popup menu box under “Select user account”.
Enter a new password.
Re-enter the new password for the user.
Enter a hint.
Click the "Save" button.
Click in the menubar and select Restart.
Log in.
When Keychain dialog box appears, select “Create New Keychain”.
Reset Password
OS X 10.7 Lion,10.8 Mountain Lion,10.9 Yosemite, 10.10 Yosemite and 10.11 El Capitan
Start the computer,then press and hold down command and R keys to start into recovery partition.
When you see the Apple logo, release the keys.
Wait until OS X Utilities window shows up.
Move the mouse pointer to the menubar at the very top of the screen, click "Utilities” and then select "Terminal"
from the dropdown.
Terminal window will appear.
Type in resetpassword and press enter on the keyboard.
Leave the Terminal window open.
Reset Password Utility window will open with Macintosh HD selected.
Select the user account from the popup menu box under “Select user account”.
Enter a new password.
Re-enter the new password for the user.
Enter a hint.
Click the "Save" button.
Click in the menubar and select Restart.
Log in.
When Keychain dialog box appears, select “Create New Keychain”.
How do I retrieve my admin password in El Capitan?
