OS X Yosemite :: How To Find Admin Password
Dec 10, 2014How can I find my admin password in OS X Yosemite 10.10.1?
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iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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OS X Yosemite :: Installer Won't Accept Admin Password
Dec 7, 2014When we try to install Yosemite, the installer won't accept our admin password (blank). We tried changing the password and System Preferences > Users & Groups > Change Password won't accept it either.
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Jul 2, 2005I 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!!!
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May 19, 2010I have been trying to change my admin password, but the password keep getting replaced with the old admin password.
I have try resetting it with the Mac CD, but it still return to the old password.
Can anyone give my step by step instruction on changing the admin password.
OS X Yosemite :: How To Enable A Disabled Admin Account
Dec 11, 2014I was testing the pwpolicy on a newly upgraded Yosemite. After rebooting, I found my local admin account was disabled.
I ran the pwpolicy on a non-server version of Yosemite and the only support article I could find is OS X Server (Yosemite): Global policies can lock out Admin accounts - Apple Support. I tried to follow the steps in the article to clear the account policies for local admin, but once I entered "/usr/bin/pwpolicy -n /Local/Default clearaccountpolicies", the system seemed hanging there and the local admin account was still disable.
Actually once I used launchctl to load the com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist, the system started to show signs not working properly, such as some basic commands like ps, dscl, man, nano, or even ls stopping to bring up any results. However, "launchctl list" showed the daemon was launched with a number of 78.
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OS X :: Where To Find My Admin Name?
May 30, 2010I bought a Powerbook G4 off craigslist from a guy and he gave me the password, but no admin name! I want to install a different OS but I can't find his admin name anywhere and he won't pick up the phone.Under Accounts there is only "Home / Standard"
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Jul 18, 2010I went to system preferences, and security, i turned on the firewall and repaired disk permissions, nothing helps. I still can't find a way to make it happen. It did at one point. Almost all the apps I have I got from the Apple site, I don't know if that's relevant.
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Jun 11, 2012I have a PowerPC G3 iBook, running OS X 10.4.11, which I bought a couple of years ago from a work colleague. It works great, but I want to change my broadband provider software, and need to input the Admin password to have the software installed. I have forgotten the Administrator password, so after trawling the internet I have tried to use the install disc that came with the iBook to reset the Admin password.
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iBook G3, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Mac Pro :: How To Reset Admin Password
Jun 12, 2012How do I reset the admin name and password
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Feb 26, 2009I just lost my pass in my mac notebook. Yey. Usually I would just use my OS X install disc to reset my password or use the "other" hacking methods found on google; but my OS X pass is also my AIM and hotmail pass >.>
I know people say not to use the same pass for different things but I can't afford to remember ten different passes. So, is there a way to find out your mac's current admin pass without actually knowing it? Can I just boot the comp up in single-user and type some funky command to do this? Plz guys, I'm really desperate and I got a lot of contacts in AIM and hotmail I would not want to lose.
OS X :: Unable To Delete App With Admin Password
Sep 26, 2009I 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.
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ALSO: I've read of a workaround using the single-user password reset option that goes as follows:
- start computer pressing Command-S
- sh /etc/rc
- password 'Uncle Paul'
- enter a new password twice
- reboot
I'm afraid to do it though, because I need to gain access to my uncle's files before I reinstall. My parents insist of getting all his pictures and stuff (he was also writing his autobiography.) Will doing the above Command-S measure mess with any of his files?
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