Change Mac admin password without the disk
Issue
I lost my MACOSX disk and forgot the admin password, is there any method to change admin password without the disk?
Solution
You can try this:
- Create a new Admin on Mac Os X:
Here's how to reset your OS X password without an OS X CD.
The Working solution for me was to create a new admin
you can create new admin like this by deleting a specific file.
You need to enter terminal and create a new admin account:
- 1. Reboot
- 2. Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
- 3. 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
- 4. 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!
Thanks to
xpcman for this tip.
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