[Tutorial] Resetting Your Mac's Password if You Cannot Login - NO CD REQUIRED

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*SHOW MORE FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION* *Like for a properly edited video with an awesome intro! :D* In this video I show you how to get into your Mac and reset the password if you have forgotten it. Sorry about the popping of the sound. I have yet to perfect my microphone holding style :S ***The keys you hold when powering on are: COMMAND (Apple Key) and S. Keep holding them when you hear the tone until the text appears on the screen*** 1) Please only do this on your own machine! No hacking! 2) This will not work if you have your Open Firmware Password /Disabled/ (this is the default anyway) 3) If you are on a Hackintosh, use the -s boot flag; holding command and s will not work! 4) On VMware make sure you have clicked into the VM first as the snapshot manager is not useful :P 5) Do this /as soon/ as you hear the boot chime on a real Mac The commands to run in Single User Mode are: /sbin/fsck -fy /sbin/mount -uw / rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone reboot Have fun! If you need any more help feel free to post a commend below :)

Comments

  1. how do i do it on windows
  2. Hackintosh
  3. Can you do a vid with havkintosh
  4. this worked. thanks!
  5. Brilliant, worked perfectly, thanks so much!
  6. I have a differente problem. I can access to Single User Mode, but apparently can´t mount the root filesystem. Any command (ls, cd, rm) is working. Actually, when I mount the filesystem it doesnt echo anything. Any idea about this?
  7. Thanks man!!!!
  8. it doesnt let me get passed it says RECOVERY
  9. Worked perfectly. Thank you. Great tutorial.
  10. This worked perfectly thanks
  11. Can't understand what you're saying and can't read the screen
  12. THANK YOU SO MUCH
  13. (30Aug2015 Lion) Worked flawlessly mate. Thanks heaps...bit late though cause we bought another MBP. This was a weekend tinker job I had been meaning to get to for months. Cause...wife had set up an additional AppleID and forgot Doh!
  14. cannot understand and cannot read screen all a bit silly
  15. Thank you so much. I was freaking out thanks
  16. Does this work for a maverick  
  17. Thank you so much, i am NOT technical and followed this, i now have my mac back.
  18. When I do command s it just goes on normally and says that I need to put in my password which I have forgotten
  19. Thank you so much
  20. Thanks. This video was a great help to me in recovering my forgotten password.