Now – while various information is flying in on the screen – type & execute the following commands in this given order: passwd ĭONE – user’s password is changed! Here’s a visual guide how this procedure looks like on a real Mac: Start password recovery mode by typing & executing the rc-command sh /etc/rc Remember: you have to type the password-commands at the same time WHILE other information is added to the screen! And sometimes the text input is so far on the bottom line, that you won’t be able to properly read it. Start the password reset in single user mode DON’T WAIT UNTIL THIS IS ALL DONE! Because you will end up on the “blue screen”. Once you retrieved the actual username of the accounts, you can proceed to reset the respective account password.īeware: once you start the process with the first command, the system will spam the screen with results of other commands running. Set a new password for an existing Mac OS X useraccount Use the previously linked articles to see how to list user accounts differently. Remark: there are other solutions to list the user accounts on the system, but they are more complicated and will show a lot more of “buzz”. I found 2 valid usernames on my old Mac: “or” and “spiele” Now it will list all user-directories (and other, non-relevant files and folders) – every user-folder is basically representing the underlaying “username” you will need to reset that account’s password!.On the command line interface type the following command & execute it with RETURN:.
The easiest & clearest way to find them is in my opinion by listing all user folders from your Mac’s /Users/-directory: In order to actually set a new password for an existing (admin) account, you first need to figure out the actual “username” of available user accounts. List all Mac OS X user accounts with their corresponding usernames
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