OS X V10.5 Leopard :: How To Get Administrator Account & Password
Apr 7, 2012I have been given an old Mac with previous owner name and passrord. I want to update/grade? How do I get an administrator account & password?
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Mac OS X (10.2.x)
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OS X :: Disable Screensaver Password - Using Administrator Account
Jan 6, 2010I am a network administrator and an mac user. No one else is my IT dept knows anything about macs so I have been given the responsibility of managing our 5 or so Mac's in the company. I've been able to figure everything out fine, but I have one user that insists on turning on the screensaver password on his computer. Now on windows, you can unlock a computer using an administrator account but on mac this is not the case. I want to disable the option for the screensaver password but I do not know how. The user is a local administrator on the computer because that is needed for a few things but he is making it impossible for me to work on his computer because of the password. Also, I've tried telling him not to enable it but he seems to not care what I think.
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Apr 9, 2012How do I reset a forgotten administrator password?
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Jun 12, 2012Can I reset my administrator password without my disk?
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Jun 12, 2008We had a HDD fail on one of our office Mac laptops (a power pc G4). Apple repaired it and I restored all files etc from a backup. I was the administrator during the restore. Before I could get back, the user changed that account to a standard account and changed the name. Now there is no way to change the account back, because there is no admin to authenticate the change. Anything I can do? I am not an advanced computer/Mac person.
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May 20, 2012I have a new macbook pro that did not have a disk, OS X lion 7.3.4 was pre installed so how can i change the administrators name and password, it did not migrate properly from my hard drive.., now there is some mysterious administrator name and or password??
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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