Did You Forget Your Mac’s Password? Steps To Reset Your Mac Password

DENVER - June 18, 2013 - PRLog -- So you have forgotten the password on your Mac … oops… This can happen to even the most seasoned Mac user, and it can stop any Mac user dead in their tracks. Don’t worry, this is a very common thing that happens if it happens to you, try the below options to reset your password.

Reset Mac Password – Without a CD

Using the Single User Mode you can do a pretty cool trick to reset a forgotten Mac password without having a Mac OS X installer CD/DVD. These steps may seem a little scary at first but rest assured, they are easy if you follow them exactly.

Part 1:
Boot into Single User Mode and remove a setup file

1) Restart your Mac while holding down the Command and S keys. You will boot up in Single User Mode and into the Terminal interface.

Keep holding the keys down until you see a bunch of white code scrolling down the black screen. At this point you can release the keys, awesome! You are now in Single User mode. You can continue when you see localhost:/ root#, as the very last line of code on the screen.

2) You will have to check the filesystem, in order to complete this, type:

fsck -fy

3) Next, you will have to mount the root drive as writeable to save the changes by typing:

mount -uw /

4) This next step removes the .applesetupdone file and must be followed exactly, type the following command and then hit the enter key:

rm /var/db/.applesetupdone

5) Then you will need to reboot your Mac by typing ‘reboot’ and then hitting enter.
When you delete the .applesetupdone file, you are making Mac OS X run the setup wizard again. The setup wizard process by default creates a new user account with Administrator capabilities. This new user can then reset the password for any of the other users on the Mac. This is obviously a great trick if you have lost your Mac OS X installer CD/DVD or it is not around.


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