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After i upgraded my SSD and boot to restore Mac OS 10.9.4, i have firmware password. But i can't remember. How can i reset firmware password?
i have never put a firmware password on my mac. But when it did a soft ware update it the mac froze, Then it restarted and now it is asking me for a firmware password.
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I've been googleing the subject, but there seems to be nothing about resetting the MB Pros Extensible Firmware.
The problem is even bigger, because I wanted to repair permissions yesterday and thus booted from the indtall dvd. I had forgotten about the EF passeord, so I set the startup disk to be the DVD drive, and now I cant get the machine to boot from its harddrive, so I have no access to my data.
I have tried to remove the 1gig ram block, that should reset the password in the old Open Firmware macs but no dice!
Im desperate because later today Im being interviewed about my mac and tech in general, and i really need my notes and stuff on the mac, plus it would be so embarrassing that iv'e set a password i cant remember - might as well cancel the interview :-(
Is there anyway to make the MBPro boot from the harddrive again, or is there a reset button on the motherboard?
I created a firmware password long back..I tried to install windows few days back...windows was succesfully installed but my Mac OSX Snow Leapord got crashed..I cant boot my OSX Snow Leapord dvd because i forgot my firmware password..I gave my Notebook to an authorised service centre named ample Technologies...They told me that they cant reset the password...Right now im using windows...Using boot camp control pannel also i cant change my start up...how to go back to mac....I dont want to use windows in my macbook pro..Its Mid 2012 series.Please give me a solution.
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then i also opened the whole intire computer and disconnected the battery and also got nothing.
also right now the system has no O/S so i am not sure what to do from here. I cant use any boot commands or anything.
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