OS X :: Won't Work With Password / Pop Up Saying Unable To Log In
Aug 19, 2009
I have a macbook os x that is about 3 years old. I enabled firevault recently. This computer worked great until I enabled firevault. When I try to log in it will not take my password. After multiple attempts it ques me to type in my firevault password. It then asks me to change my password. When I do this a window pops up and says " you are unable to log in to the user account at this time. I have read many threads with the same problem. All signs point to needing an update. I dont understand how I can do an update without logging in. I read something about logging in as a root, but the instructions are not simplified enough for me to understand. Does anybody know how to fix this problem and explain at about a third grade level?
View 17 Replies
ADVERTISEMENT
Jul 2, 2005
I am trying to uninstall Virex 7.5. I have got the Terminal uninstall command which opens Terminal. So far, so good. However, Terminal is asking me for my admin password but it's not allowing me to enter it. The cursor is not blinking it's just a solid black oblong - just bl**dy sitting there! Absolutely no response to any key except the enter key - then terminal helpfully says, 'Sorry, try again' What's going on? I just wanna get rid of Virex!!!
View 3 Replies
View Related
May 23, 2010
I recently purchased a powerbook G4 running version 10.5.8. I am able to login to everything and set my username as the administrator, but I can not set a password for it, if i try to input a password or change the password I get an error message saying I have input an incorrect password. When I purchased the computer everything was blank except for the user name was set as mac user, as I said I was able to change the username but not the password.
View 3 Replies
View Related
Jan 8, 2011
I am trying to run Cache Out. The program asks for the system password. I type in my usual password that I use for installing programs, or trashing stuff from the system folder... It won't allow me to run the program, saying the password is wrong.
View 5 Replies
View Related
Oct 1, 2009
When i am supposed to type my password in the terminal, so i can uninstall an addons, i can't write... I can press enter, and it jump down a line, but when i write there, it pop up: Sorry wrong password Try again. What shall i do?
View 5 Replies
View Related
Dec 7, 2009
Yes I know other people have posted this and gotten the answer that you just put it ion anyways and you wont see it come up but it works. Well I do not actually have a password set so usually I just hit enter with it blank but when I do that in Terminal it says sorry wrong password or something until I hit the 3rd try and it boots me.
View 1 Replies
View Related
May 8, 2009
it's a random thing, and it's happening to all 3 accounts I have in Mail. When it happens a box comes up and says that I need to enter the password. I have it stored to save and when the box comes up I click "remember my password" but it keeps coming up. it's not ever day, it's random.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Mar 13, 2012
Whenever I put in my password for my MacBook Air, it keeps saying its wrong and I am doing it right every time and I can't fix it. I need to get onto my computer!
Info:
MacBook Air, iOS 5.1
View 2 Replies
View Related
Mar 15, 2012
i recently changed my password, and now it's not allowing me to enter
Info:
iPhone 3GS, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
View 2 Replies
View Related
May 26, 2012
My login password does not work.
Info:
MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1.1
View 4 Replies
View Related
Nov 15, 2010
my 11 year old son just told me yesterday that he forgot his password on his imac. i don't know why he would have one, but he for got and now i need a way to get it back with out restoring the mac. i heard there is a prompt in terminal to get the password and possibly change it. does anyone know what this procedure would be?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Sep 18, 2009
Last week i had to do a complete restore from time machine after some files got corrupt on my computer now mail wont save my passwords. I have deleted the contents of the keychain, repaired permissions with no luck.
View 2 Replies
View Related
Feb 20, 2010
I inherited a G5 from a colleague who left the department however I was not given a firmware password. So now I cannot re-install the OS OR work in terminal. I have tried the remove RAM and then reset PRAM. I have tried booting off disk but that is locked. I have tried replacing HD with new one but cannot boot off disk to install onto it. What is left for me to try to get this working and now the person is not available to just tell me what password is, they left months ago.
View 6 Replies
View Related
Jun 10, 2010
A couple years ago i used my macbook for school and they installed their own administrative account, so i had 2 accounts, one for them and one for me, and i was always able to install updates and my username and password always worked until now.
i realized that their administrative account is gone and somehow got deleted! Now every time i go to install something my username and password doesn't work, and I'm 110% sure its the correct combo.
What do i do????? i cant access anything! i have everything backed up in time machine on an external, if i put my restore disk in will i loose leopard, cause that was installed after i bought my mac, and how do i re-install everything from my backup?
View 7 Replies
View Related
Jun 19, 2010
So, this afternoon everything was fine until a few hours ago when the internet connection inexplicably started giving problems. Before that, I was just browsing on the web. I never messed with any network configurations.
I own an iMac 27" (Mac OS X version: 10.6.3) that keeps asking for a WEP password. I write it down but the only thing I get is a "Connection timeout" message.
I'm using a SMC router (ADSL 2 Barricade G) by the way. I understand WEP isn't the best choice, but the tecnhician said it was the only way to make all three computers have internet access. With WPA, the two Windows laptops had problems conecting. I changed the client to "No WEP/ No WAP" and every computer can connect to the internet. However, this isn't the desired solution for obvious reasons.
On the Mac, I removed the old network settings. I tried the $ (and 0x) trick but it didn't work. I also removed the old network passewords from the Keychain. I know the WEP password is right, because I used it on both Windows machines when I changed the client type back to WEP Only.
Since the SMC router doesn't display the WEP password, I'll download some password recovery software to find it out. I doubt this will work, but I'm running out of options. I'm not a tech guy.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Mar 18, 2012
just installed leopard on my wife's macbook. Admin password no longer works. this was the very password I had used to let begin the install process.
Info:
MacBook, iOS 5.1
View 1 Replies
View Related
Apr 13, 2012
My login password does not work all of a sudden. I have changed my Apple ID password several times but it has not helped. What should I do?
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
View 7 Replies
View Related
Apr 28, 2012
Macbook Pro running Tiger. Trying to reset the admin password. This article does NOT work for me: [URL]
I select the optical disk during reboot, but the system still boots from the HD.
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
View 2 Replies
View Related
May 16, 2012
I am unable to access i Tunes or softwarte downloads because my password will not work. I have tried resetting my password many times.
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), intel duo,La Cie 500gb hd, Canon 20d camera, Canon GL2 video ca
View 7 Replies
View Related
Dec 4, 2014
I recently upgraded my OS with the free installation for Yosemite. When trying installing Yosemite my Macbook Pro running Mavericks asked me for the user password, which I provided.Yosemite installed fine, no problems.Â
Now, however, I am needing to install some software on my Macbook Pro after installing Yosemite. Like before, it asked me for my password, but this time it came back as incorrect. I tried several more times and it's still registering as incorrect.
I followed the directions shown here: OS X Yosemite: Reset a login passwordÂ
However, I can't follow the instructions past step 4:
4. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
5. Log in to your account....
When I click on Users & Groups, I don't see anything that allows me to log in to my account (I'm assuming it's because I'm already logged into it?). I only see options to Change the Password, open the Contacts Card, Login Options, and change Parental Controls. When I select "Change the Password", it asks me to enter the old password, which I can't do for obvious reasons.
So what can I do to recover my existing password?
Info:
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
View 3 Replies
View Related
Sep 6, 2014
My apple user name and password haven't been changed at all for a long time. I have used it to access icloud and the itunes and everything.But suddenly the password doesn't work 'on my mac.'Â However it still works fine when I access icloud.com from my same computer.Â
But when I try to "manage my account" from system preferences (icloud), it doesn't work. And also, when I access the itunes store from my same computer it doesn't work. There are no error messages-- when I type in the password and press return it just reverts to the same page in which the password field is empty.Â
Info:
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
View 6 Replies
View Related
Jun 3, 2014
The Apple Mac computer is setup with rEFIt and boots into Windows XP.I would like to boot into the Mac, however the username and password don't work. I have tried rebooting and pressing Ctrl+S, but the command line interface didn't open? URL.... apart from a full installation.I don't know if I can access the retail DVD.
Info:
Mac 10.6.8, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
View 1 Replies
View Related
Sep 27, 2004
i just got a mac, it has OSX. I was messing arround with it and setting up accounts, and i got around to making the admin account. Well i didn't want my sister to have admin (IN retro it doesn't matter), how ever i make my account, and make it a admin. Well as it turns out as i made the account you had to have some "Finger board"? password. and i lacked that. not thinking i shut down the comp for the night.... and then went back in the morning to relise that all i had was a user level account.
View 7 Replies
View Related
Apr 1, 2012
I'm trying to install Photoshop and when it gets to the point where it asks for the password, I enter it but the password box just disappears for a second and returns asking for the password again.(I entered it several times with the same result each time.)I'm certain that I'm entering a valid admin password and that permissions for the applications folder are set to read & write for admin and system.Just to be sure I tried entering the password incorrectly and the box shook as it normally would when an incorrect password is entered.Has anyone had a similar problem with Adobe products or installing any other software on Lion?
Also, I just installed Adobe Lightroom last night and it worked just fine. And when I just tried to run the Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool which also asks for a password and I'm having the same problem.So I know that it's not just Photoshop but I don't know if it's just something to do with Adobe or maybe all software which requires an admin password to install.Trying to repair permissions and run a virus scan now although I think these two options are unlikely to fix the issue.
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
View 1 Replies
View Related
Sep 26, 2009
I have tried to delete a few applications from my harddrive since upgrading to Snow Leopard. When I drag or send an app to the trash it immediately bounces back or reestablishes itself in the same location. I have noticed that a lot of the apps are locked in the Get Info pane. Unlocking makes no difference whether I can delete or not...even with an administrator password.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Oct 3, 2009
my inability to no longer save aBay, My Windows Hotmail,My Yahoo sites passwords ? Sites that I now have to sign into every time I get there now?
View 1 Replies
View Related
Sep 23, 2008
I just completed a migration from a MacBook pro to a mac pro. When I try to log in my old acct on the mac pro my password is not working. When I try the same password on the macbook, works fine.
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jan 24, 2009
A few weeks ago I started getting some error messages from my AEBS that I have a couple of HDDs and a printer attached to.
After a long talk with Apple Support the problem mostly went away but now whenever I try to access my AEBS disks from the shared panel in finder is is gives me "connection failed" and I have to click on "Connect As" and enter my password.
The real problem is that no matter what I do I cannot get my keychain to remember the password.
View 3 Replies
View Related
Mar 11, 2012
I transfered my files from my old PC to my MacBook Pro. It created an alternate user and requires a password. I tried to use my old PC password but it isn't accepting it. How do I find the password it wants or create a new one?
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
View 1 Replies
View Related
Mar 26, 2012
In 'network preferences' after I select the 'airport' network (Apple Network) I then select the 'Advanced' button. I open the 'Apple Network' and select 'WEP Password' in the Security field. I type in the password and hit 'Add', then 'Apply' then 'OK'.If I then turn the airport off then back on, or I turn the machine off and re-boot. The preference seems to revert automatically back to a Security status of 'None' seemingly overwritting my 'WEP Password' selection meaning no password is avaiable for my wi-fi
Info:iMac
View 1 Replies
View Related
