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Refurbished Mac needs new admin password
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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1778861" data-attributes="member: 175845"><p>Well a lot changed from 10.5 to 11.6.1 you seem to be using and probably the best and easiest method to use would be the "restore" method if it works:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For this and more and other methods, see:</p><p><a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/2868032/what-to-do-if-your-mac-refuses-to-accept-your-password.html" target="_blank">https://www.macworld.com/article/2868032/what-to-do-if-your-mac-refuses-to-accept-your-password.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>EDIT:</p><p>Opps… I just noticed you said "11.6.1" which doesn't exist yet, so you need to confirm of just try the Recovery method any way as it might oy might not be installed depending on the OS X version that's installed.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The normally invisible "Recover HD" partition only gets installed with Mac OS X 10.7.x Lion and later OS X versions.</p><p></p><p>PS: Some Macs need to use the option key depressed when booting to access it, and if command + R doesn't work.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Patrick</p><p>======</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1778861, member: 175845"] Well a lot changed from 10.5 to 11.6.1 you seem to be using and probably the best and easiest method to use would be the "restore" method if it works: For this and more and other methods, see: [url]https://www.macworld.com/article/2868032/what-to-do-if-your-mac-refuses-to-accept-your-password.html[/url] EDIT: Opps… I just noticed you said "11.6.1" which doesn't exist yet, so you need to confirm of just try the Recovery method any way as it might oy might not be installed depending on the OS X version that's installed. The normally invisible "Recover HD" partition only gets installed with Mac OS X 10.7.x Lion and later OS X versions. PS: Some Macs need to use the option key depressed when booting to access it, and if command + R doesn't work. - Patrick ====== [/QUOTE]
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