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Lost Admin Password - Wit's End
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<blockquote data-quote="Wolfsc" data-source="post: 1148078" data-attributes="member: 160754"><p>To reset your OS X password without an OS X CD you need to enter terminal and create a new admin account:</p><p></p><p>Reboot</p><p>Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.</p><p>When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):</p><p>mount -uw /</p><p>rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone</p><p>shutdown -h now</p><p>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!</p><p></p><p>You have to put a space after uw 'mount -uw /'</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps you. :3</p><p></p><p></p><p>Taken from <a href="http://gigaom.com/apple/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/" target="_blank">Reset OS X Password Without an OS X Disc</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wolfsc, post: 1148078, member: 160754"] To reset your OS X password without an OS X CD you need to enter terminal and create a new admin account: 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! You have to put a space after uw 'mount -uw /' Hope this helps you. :3 Taken from [URL="http://gigaom.com/apple/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/"]Reset OS X Password Without an OS X Disc[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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