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Mar 25, 2016 11:36 PM in response to NMJJby UGADog,You were right to boot in Recovery Partition. Do this again (command + R and hold until you see startup screen). Then Go to Utilities > Terminal and type command “resetpassword” followed by the return key. A reset password screen will appear. Select the volume hard drive and user account that needs a reset password. Enter the new password twice and a hint and press Save. OS X will show a confirmation screen and details about the keychain account.
The original Keychain will still have the password forgot. You will have to remember the old password to open Keychain or, more realistically, have to create new Keychain.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:59 PM in response to NMJJby NMJJ,I have tried Single User Mode (Command+S) as well, but it is not booting into Single User Mode taking me straight to Login Screen
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Mar 26, 2016 12:13 AM in response to NMJJby UGADog,Nope. This is new to me. What I explained worked in 10.11.3 and earlier (to Mountain Lion I think). What version of OS X are you running? Do you have FileVault enabled?
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Mar 26, 2016 12:30 AM in response to UGADogby NMJJ,It's 10.11.1, don't remember about FileVault right now.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:35 AM in response to NMJJby UGADog,Well, I can't help with that screen. I would click the arrow with no password just to see what happens but if that fails I'm stumped too.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:39 AM in response to UGADogby NMJJ,Yeah it won't continue unless I enter password there
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Mar 26, 2016 12:41 AM in response to UGADogby UGADog,Now I'm remembering... It is a firmware password screen someone enabled I think. Here is an article on what if you forget the password. Have never had to solve that problem before though. http://osxdaily.com/2015/01/28/forgot-mac-firmware-password-what-now/
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Mar 26, 2016 12:49 AM in response to UGADogby NMJJ,Thanks for the links.
Both are suggesting to contact Apple Retail Store as they have tools for resetting the password. Unfortunately I don't have one here in Pakistan. Hit the roadblock