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I forgot password of my Macbook pro running on El Capitan. I have tried booting into recovering mode "command+R" as well as booting disk selection (pressed "options" when turning ON) but no luck. It always takes me to a screen where I need to enter password.
Can anyone please suggest a solution to me ? I'll be very very grateful.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11)
It displays following screen into Recovery Mode
It displays following screen into Recovery Mode
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 âresetpasswordâ 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.
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
Did you see my previous post?
any idea ? đ˘
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?
It's 10.11.1, don't remember about FileVault right now.
No, didn't turn ON FileVault.
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.
Yeah it won't continue unless I enter password there đ
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/
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 đ
OSX el capitan forgot password
