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I decided to start up my old Power Mac G4 mirrored doors after years sitting under my desk. Now I cant remember the password. Is there a way to reset the password or some other work around.
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The instructions suggested by BDAqua worked. I rebooted my old G4 in setup mode, changed the username and login password and logged in as though it was Day 1 on a new computer. When I was done all my information was there just like I left it all those years ago. Thank You.
The instructions suggested by BDAqua worked. I rebooted my old G4 in setup mode, changed the username and login password and logged in as though it was Day 1 on a new computer. When I was done all my information was there just like I left it all those years ago. Thank You.
See if you can create a new administrator account by restarting the Setup Assistant:
Be very careful to notice the spaces in those Terminal Commands.
Once you've done that the computer reboots and it's like the first time you used the machine, except all your data will still be there. Your old accounts are all safe. From there you just change all other account passwords in the account preferences!!
I think this might be the correct vintage instructions:
Intel Mac
Restart in Recovery Mode. Hold down the Command + R key immediately at startup and keep holding until the Apple Logo appears.
Tool Bar > Utilities > Terminal
On prompt line type: type resetpassword as one word and no spaces
Press the Return key and follow the prompts.
Good work my friend! :)
Is there a way to reset a Power Mac G4 password?
