Q: Can some one help me I have just bought a emac off someone and I wanna wipe the hole thing but it comes up wiv a password from the other user so is there anyway of me bypassing the password so I can wipe the eMac and start new pls some one help me

Can some one help me I have just bought a emac off someone and I wanna wipe the hole thing but it comes up wiv a password from the other user so is there anyway of me bypassing the password so I can wipe the eMac and start new pls some one help me

Posted on Nov 6, 2015 2:28 PM

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by Matt Clifton,

Matt Clifton Nov 6, 2015 2:43 PM in response to L.j2447
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Nov 6, 2015 2:43 PM in response to L.j2447

Easiest method would be to ask the previous owner what the password was. Alternative would be to find the original installation disks for that computer, wipe and reinstall OS X. Or you could add your own admin login using this method:

admin password change OS X 10.5.8

Matt
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Q: Can some one help me I have just bought a emac off someone and I wanna wipe the hole thing but it comes up wiv a password from the other user so is there anyway of me bypassing the password so I can wipe the eMac and start new pls some one help me

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