Sorry!Īnyway, using this tool, you’ll be able to change your password to something you know.
I’d show this menu as a screenshot here, but can’t figure out how to get a screenshot of the install process. One of those menus is Utilities and one of the choices on that menu is Reset Password…. Click on it, and your PowerBook will restart and go straight to the install process.īut don’t install the OS again! Just click through windows far enough until you get the regular set of choices on the menu bar.
Once you have an install disk in hand, double click on the Install Mac OS icon and you’ll get a window with a big graphic (this is one place where Apple isn’t subtle!) and a restart button. You might also ask yourself if you need to run Tiger, or whether Panther would work for you – it’d be a lot cheaper.
One smart way to accomplish this: look for Mac OS X on eBay. If you don’t have this disk, then your best bet is to buy a copy of Mac OS X, even though you already have the OS installed on your computer (you could try calling Apple (800 SOS-APPL) and asking for a replacement boot disk too). The key to unlocking your system is the Mac OS X install disk. If you see a message like: You can press the power button to shut down and then turn on your Mac again to boot into macOS Recovery mode, follow it, and then you'll see a Reset Password window pops up.I bet you’ll be surprised how easy it is to change the administrator (known in Unix parlance as “root”) password on a Mac OS X Tiger, Panther, etc., computer.
With the aid of the Reset Password assistant If you have turned on the FileVault before, wait a moment, you'll get messages appearing on the login screen to guide you to reset your forgotten Mac login password.
These methods are suitable for all Mac models, including Mac Air, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, M1 MacBook Air (2021), M1 MacBook Pro (2021). This post contains all the possible ways with the detailed steps to help you access your desktop under the situation that you forgot your Mac password. Mac supplies some built-in features as remedial measures to help you enter your Mac desktop when you forgot your password. So, how can you unlock your MacBook Pro without a password? No worries. But the sad thing happened, you forgot your MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or Mac Air login or admin password just now, even no question mark hint appears or the hint can't jog your memory. Like a key to a door, your Mac password lets your access your Mac every time you type it correctly.