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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
osx wont accept admin password
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1306795" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Boot the machine in Single User mode (command s) and create a new user direct from the command line (terminal). See this <a href="http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030603190314390" target="_blank">Link</a>. Create the new user with Admin rights.</p><p></p><p>Log on to the new user admin account. Move everything from the old user account to the new one. After verifying that everything is working, delete the old user account.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1306795, member: 46727"] Boot the machine in Single User mode (command s) and create a new user direct from the command line (terminal). See this [URL="http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030603190314390"]Link[/URL]. Create the new user with Admin rights. Log on to the new user admin account. Move everything from the old user account to the new one. After verifying that everything is working, delete the old user account. [/QUOTE]
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