The above method is by far the easiest, but if it’s unavailable for some reason, you can choose this secondary trick. Why the change to the Terminal method with newer versions of Mac OS? Probably for increased security, particularly now that recovery partitions are standard with Macs. This replaces the “Reset Password” menu item that used to be in place prior to OS X, which was around in Snow Leopard and before, and one of two original methods of resetting a forgotten password through more technical ways.
#How to reset macbook pro password os 10.13 mac os x
Confirm the user account and then the password change and reboot Mac OS X as usual with your new password.Click on the “Utilities” menu and select “Terminal”.Wait for “Mac OS X Utilities” menu to appear, indicating that you are booted into recovery mode.Hold “Option” at boot and select the “Recovery” disk at the boot menu.New Macs include a native recovery mode option through a boot partition, but a recovery disk or boot drive made yourself will work as well. Important: You have to boot from a Recovery drive for this to work, andthe Mac must be running OS X 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9. Method 1 – Reset a Lost Mac OS X Password with Recovery Mode We’re actually going to cover two tricks, and they will work with or without internet access, and do not rely on any third party tools. Don’t let the command line sound complicated though, because it’s really quite easy to use, and we’ll walk through the entire process for OS X Mavericks (10.9), Mountain Lion (10.8), and Lion (10.7). One of several changes to newer versions of OS X is how resetting passwords is handled, previous versions of Mac OS X would have a password reset tool easily accessible from the Utilities menu but that isn’t available anymore, and for some added security you now must access a password reset tool through the command line in Recovery Mode.
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