This method should be used if your DVD drive is not reading the Install disc, if you own a MacBook Air (which has no DVD drive), or if you do not have the Mac OS X Install disc.ġ. Reset the administrator password without an Install disc From the menu bar choose “Quit the Mac OS X Installer” and click “Restart”Ĩ. Enter your new password and a new password hint, click “Save” and close password reset utility.ħ. Select your Mac OS X installation drive (its default name is “Macintosh HD”) and select your administrator account’s name (WARNING: Do not select “System Administrator” – this is the root user).Ħ. Go to the Utilities menu available on the top menu bar and choose “Password Reset” (“Reset Password” for a 10.5 or 10.4 Install disc).ĥ. Choose your language and click “Continue”.Ĥ. When the Startup Manager screen appears, select the Install disc using the keyboard arrow keys and hit RETURN.ģ. Start your Mac using the power button, while pressing and holding the OPTION key. Shut down your Mac and insert your Mac OS X Install disc into the SuperDrive (if not available, you can create your own bootable Leopard Install USB memory stick using the tutorial available HERE).Ģ. Reset the administrator password using the Install discġ. If you have always trusted your Mac to automatically log you in, this might be a serious problem you have to solve.Īlthough resetting an (administrator) account’s password might seem a highly intrepid operation, after reading the steps listed below you will see that it’s not. Once Automatic login is disabled from System Preferences, by you or anyone else, you will have to enter your account or the administrator password to be able to access the Mac OS X desktop. This might happen not only because one cannot memorize things, but also due to using the Automatic login feature in Mac OS X. If you forgot your Mac account password or you have a new Mac (bought or inherited) and you don’t know the password needed to login, this tutorial will help you reset an original administrator’s password with or without using a Mac OS X DVD Install disc.įorgetting a password might seem inconceivable to most people, but it has happened many times. It’s human nature to forget little bits of information from time to time and passwords are not an exception.
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