Passwords for all user accounts can be reset and changed when booted from the Recovery Partition on OS X.
This tutorial can be used for OS X 10.11 El Capitan, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.9 Mavericks and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
- The problem here is that if the other user doesn't have Admin rights on the Mac they will not be able to change the password for you. The next option, if that didn't work, is to use Recovery Mode.
- To remove an admin user account from your Mac, you’ll follow these simple steps: 1) Launch the System Preferences app and open the Users & Groups preferences pane. 2) Click on the Lock button at the bottom of the preferences pane to unlock the settings within.
- Step 1: I Bought a Used Mac Pro, It Has a Admin Password on It and I Can't Get into It to Reset. I Have Tried Every Suggestion That Is on Apple Website, but None of Them Work Aka Hold the C, Command R, Option T, Etc.
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Change Password On Mac
Step 1. Boot into Recovery Partition
When booting starts press command + R and hold until you see startup screen
Irctc software, free download. Step 2. Go to Utilies>Terminal
Step 3. Insert command “resetpassword” and hit enter (For those that cannot see hard drive insert command “mount –uw /” first)
How To Reset Administrator Username And Password On Mac Computer
Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen. Select System Preferences from the drop down menu. Click on Users & Groups. Click the Password tab. If you incorrectly enter your account password at the login window three times, a message appears stating 'If you forgot your password, you can reset it using your Apple ID'.
Step 4. On Reset password screen, select the volume hard drive and user account that you need to reset password. Type 2 times new password and hint and press Save.
You will get confirmation screen and details about the keychain account.
This procedure don’t reset Keychain password, you will need old password to open it or to create new one.