Aug 28, 2018 - Learn how to reset or bypass login password when you totally forgot your Mac login details. There could be situations when you need to hack your own Mac. Wait until the Apple logo and the 'Mac OS X Utilities' window appear. Type the following commands and press 'Enter' on your keyboard. Apr 19, 2011  Mac mini password forgotten. By sirnick 9 replies. You'll need a PC keyboard or older Mac keyboard. If not it's the windows key. Apr 15, 2011 #9. Sirnick TS Rookie Topic Starter Posts: 20.

If you're running OS 9, you may need another mac (though i suspect a PC with firewire and a HFS driver would do) and a firewire cable. You will need to delete preferences pertaining to keychain access and any keychains in the preferences folder in the system holder ().

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The first imacs ran this so its plausible If you're running OS X on the imac would do the trick unless there's open firmware password protection in place To go into single user mode • Press the power button to start the computer. • Immediately press and hold the Command (Apple) key and one of the following: the 's' key for single-user mode. (Command-S) This should boot into a white screen, and iirc throw you into a command prompt These instructions should work for older versions such as 10.4. Khafshoh S' version works for newer systems 10.5 and better - 10.7 also has yet another involving the 'resetpassword' command in lion recovery. Instructions for changing the password are based off You would then mount the file system as writable with mount -uw / then find out what the accounts on the system are with ls /Users/ then change their passwords with passwd username reboot and get back into graphical mode with reboot Then check the accounts to work out which one is the admin account. You should choose one of these options mentioned here: • Boot into single user mode (press Command-S at power on) • Type fsck -fy • Type mount -uw / • Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist • Type dscl.

Download mac os 10.7.5. -passwd /Users/username password, replace “username” with the targeted user and - “password” with the password you wants. • Reboot or • Reboot • Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime. • When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line): • mount -uw / • rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone • shutdown -h now • After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and you’re good to go again!