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MIKEZ007 IS THE MAN!
It worked for me except I did have to do a WHOLE LOT OF GUESSING
so if ur dumb like me and dont know computer speak translate Mikes instructions into
this
TURN ON YOUR MAC
WHEN YOU HERE CHIME SOUND
PRESS AND HOLD THE APPLE KEY AND THE “S” LETTER
UNTIL YOU SEE LOTS OF SCARY COMPUTER CODE ON A BLACK AND WHITE SCREEN
(WHAT THE HELL IS COMMAND I’M ON A MAC GOD DAMMIT)
TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
/sbin/mount -uw /
ENTER KEY
rm /var/db/.applesetupdone
ENTER KEY
reboot
ENTER KEY
your computer will restart and you can create a new user and password by going through the installaion wizard
your welcome.
(FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FOR DUMMIES LIKE ME)
“ENTER KEY” mean type the button which is often called the return or enter key it looks like an arrow that goes round and to the left
dont type “%” what the hell was that about mike?
You are the best, whoever you are!!! I was stuck for like four days, and Apple wouldn’t even help me!!!!! Thanks to your omitting the “%” I finally got it to work.
Thanks!!!!!
It WORK! .Just want to say thank you so much for shering this stuff. To Elliot for started it and you, Luti for made it so really easy.
Now I have a reason to not go sleep. Thanks
hi
thank for your information there but whe i try enter this commant
rm /var/db/.applesetupdone
and press enter key
it just stops at this
override rw-r–r– root/ wheel for rm /var/db/.applesetupdone?
and then i reboot and noting happens same password on ibook please help
You will see a notice in your screen when the computer has booted in single mode says exactly what you say about read only filesystem TYPE : /sbin/mount -uw /. Your computer WILL be password free……..
The method that Mikez007 worked for me until I typed “rm /var/db/.applesetupdone” (without quotes). It asked me if I wanted to override something and when I replied “y” or “yes”, It said that the file .applesetupdone was a read-only file…
Any help is much appreciated.
I am running Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.6 if that helps in any way
This one is what everybody needs !!!!! :
1. Restart the computer in Mac OS X single user mode by holding Command-S at startup.
2.
Mount the computer’s drive for read/write access. To do so, type the following command at the command prompt, and then press Enter:
% mount -uw /
3.
Remove the file that identifies that the initial run of the “Mac OS X Setup Assistant” has been completed, with this command at the command prompt, followed by Enter:
% rm /var/db/.applesetupdone
4.
Restart the computer by entering this command, followed by Enter.
% reboot
5. The Mac OS X Setup Assistant screen should appear after the reboot, just as it does when you start up a brand new computer or upgrade to a new version of Mac OS X.
6. Create a new user account with the Setup Assistant. Be sure to name this user something different than the admin user that already exists on the system, and use a strong password (see Mac OS X password tips). At the end of the Setup Assistant process, the system will automatically log into this new user account. The account will have a unique ID (UID) that is one higher than the last user that was on the system, and will have all administration privileges.
My Mac G4 Cube has Jaguar installed (10.2). When I do the passwd command, it tells me command not found. Any input?