I have a Mac OS X and I need to reset the master password on the computer. Help?

Question

My ex-boyfriend gave me his old MAC. There are 3 users on the MAC and I'm one of them, the documents that I need we're under his username and password and I don't know his password or the master password. I need these files for school so please someone help.

Answer 1

Must not be on very friendly terms if he won't give you his password. Why the heck would he even leave his user intact if he was giving you the computer? Just ruminating.



While in your account, open a Finder window, go to Users and make a note of the shortname of his user account (the name of his home folder), and then follow these steps:



1. Boot into single user mode (press Command-S at power on)

2. Wait for all the geeky text to settle down and then type:

fsck -fy

3. Press Return

4. Type:

mount -uw /

5. Press Return

6. Type:

launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/

com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist



[This is a long command that won't fit on one line of this forum. There should be no space after "LaunchDaemons/"]



7. Press Return

8. Type:

dscl . -passwd /Users/username password

(replacing "username" with his user and "password" with the desired password)

9. Press Return

10. Type

reboot

11. Press Return

Answer 2

take it to an apple store and ask for help, the people that work there know everything about them. My dad took his there because it wouldn't load up after installing some software, and they fixed it, but he lost all the data on it, it didn't matter, it didnt have anything he needed or wanted on there. I don't know how to fix your problem, but see what they can do with it.

Answer 3

take it to an apple store and ask for help, the people that work there know everything about them. My dad took his there because it wouldn't load up after installing some software, and they fixed it, but he lost all the data on it, it didn't matter, it didnt have anything he needed or wanted on there. I don't know how to fix your problem, but see what they can do with it.