My post on Mac OS X Password Recovery that I made almost a year ago continues to get comments today. It’s a fairly common issue. Since it has reached 126 comments (and the page is getting long), I’ve decided to close comments. You can continue discussion by leaving a comment here.
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There is no command button on my Ibook.
Hey HANNAHBANNANA, the reason you can’t type anything at the password prompt is because the things you are typing are INVISIBLE. When it asks you for your admin password, just type it just like you normally would and hit enter. IT does this for security reasons. It had me baffled as well.
Mike007 and Elliot and especially Luti :
Thank you all for giving up the right information on my first try at getting a new administrator password setup. IT WORKS:
I have OS X 10.3.5.
Great advise.
Richard
Thanks Rosa! Your way is hte only way it works on my Macbook!
I.e.:
0) Restart…
1) Hit Apple & S buttons at boot.
2) “sh /etc/rc†— this command is suggested by MacOS X itself to start important system services but stay in single-user mode.
3) “niutil -list . /users†— find out my user’s name if I was ignorant not to see it before the reboot.
4) “passwd my_nameâ€.
5) “rebootâ€.
I reposted so you know what I’m talking about.
-Richard
MIKE, LUTI, CHRIS…THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH!!!
My macbook is password free! Thanks to all of you guys on here with you wonderful posts….
Thanka bunch guys