I can't login as admin to my older iMAC running OS X Snow leopard i believe. It gives me a Password hint but I still can't figure it out and it doesn't allow me to rest it in any other way. Is there a way to reset it without having to reinstall OSX and wiping my HD?
iMac, OS X 10.10
HWTech wrote:
IIRC, I believe you need to boot from the Snow Leopard upgrade DVD or restoration DVD where there should be a menu item for resetting the macOS password.
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... or Disc 1 of the two that were included with that Mac.
Boot from it, and when the OS X Utilities screen appears, click the Utilities menu > Terminal
At the prompt, type
resetpassword
... followed by the Return or Enter key.
HWTech wrote:
IIRC, I believe you need to boot from the Snow Leopard upgrade DVD or restoration DVD where there should be a menu item for resetting the macOS password.
👍
... or Disc 1 of the two that were included with that Mac.
Boot from it, and when the OS X Utilities screen appears, click the Utilities menu > Terminal
At the prompt, type
resetpassword
... followed by the Return or Enter key.
IIRC, I believe you need to boot from the Snow Leopard upgrade DVD or restoration DVD where there should be a menu item for resetting the macOS password.
I have an older iMAC running OSX Snow Lepard and I cant remember ADMIN password. How do I reset ?
