How To Change Admin Password for Apple Mac Without The Disk
In the last week or so we have been having a lot issues with a few of the Macs in the office and in particular changing the admin password. I thought I would just write a quick article letting everyone know how we fix this.
You need to enter terminal and create a new admin account:
1. Reboot
2. Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
3. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):
* mount -uw /
* rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
* shutdown -h now
4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and you’re good to go again!
Hope this works for everyone!
4 Comments
So you’re not actually changing the password you are removing the entry which tells the OS that you have done the setup wizard already? Normally when removing files you may have to sudo which would require the old admin password?
hie
I have got mac’s computer second hand.
,but I always have problem to install new software because I do not
admin password, what can I do?
n00b question..I have a recent white 13″ macbook n what exactly does ‘Hold apple + s down’ mean?? i have no fruit on my keyboard haha. Help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
-Jess