firstly if it’s just normal account password the process below would be useful
first insert the flash drive you loaded the external OS on
press the alt Botton at start up navigate with the left and right arrow keys while square gray box is on macintosh HD press cntr + s “not command” you should see the downward facing sign benit Macintosh HD change to a sign that looks like repeat sign in media players click return
then restart with the soft key if you get to the password screen or just hard reset and while restarting try booting to safe mode again command+s
## will restart normal go blank in greyish colour for about a minute or two be patient
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## you will be presented with a welcome screen to create a new administrator account and bonus the previous data on the other account will still be there
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## you should be able to use your Mac normal
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## NOTE !!! this is most likely to work on OS X El Capitan or higher can’t actually say about Mac OS version before that
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## mount -uw /(then return)
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## rm /var/db/.applesetupdone(then return)
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## reboot(then return)
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## Mac will restart normal and go blank to a greyish colour for about a minute or two be patient
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## you will be presented with a welcome screen to create a new administrator account and bonus the previous data on the other accounts will still be there if you haven’t wiped the SSD OR Hard drive
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## you should be able to use your Mac like normal
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## NOTE !!! this is most likely to work on OS X El Capitan or higher can’t actually say about older Mac OS version before that
firstly if it’s just normal account password the process below would be useful
first insert the flash drive you loaded the external OS on
press the alt Botton at start up navigate with the left and right arrow keys while square gray box is on macintosh HD press cntr + s “not command” you should see the downward facing sign benit Macintosh HD change to a sign that looks like repeat sign in media players click return
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then restart if the soft key if you get to the password screen or just hard reset and while restarting try booting to safe mode again command+s
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then restart with the soft key if you get to the password screen or just hard reset and while restarting try booting to safe mode again command+s
type in
# mount "space" -uw "space" /
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# rm "space"/var/db/”no space”.applesetupdone
# reboot press return on your keyboard
# should look like this
## mount -uw /
## rm /var/db/.applesetupdone
## reboot
## return
## will restart normal go blank in greyish colour for about a minute or two be patient
## you will be presented with a welcome screen to create a new administrator account and bonus the previous data on the other account will still be there
## you should be able to use your Mac normal
## NOTE !!! this is most likely to work on OS X El Capitan or higher can’t actually say about Mac OS version before that
okay
firstly if it’s just normal account password the process below would be useful
first insert the flash drive you loaded the external OS on
press the alt Botton at start up navigate with the left and right arrow keys while square gray box is on macintosh HD press cntr + s “not command” you should see the downward facing sign benit Macintosh HD change to a sign that looks like repeat sign in media players click return
then restart if the soft key if you get to the password screen or just hard reset and while restarting try booting to safe mode again command+s
type in
# mount "space" -uw "space" /
# rm "space"/var/db/”no space”.applesetupdone
# reboot press return on your keyboard
# should look like this
## mount -uw /
## rm /var/db/.applesetupdone
## reboot
## return
## will restart normal go blank in greyish colour for about a minute or two be patient
## you will be presented with a welcome screen to create a new administrator account and bonus the previous data on the other account will still be there
## you should be able to use your Mac normal
## NOTE !!! this is most likely to work on OS X El Capitan or higher can’t actually say about Mac OS version before that
## cheers