iMac possibly overheating.
25/07/11 Filed in: Hardware
I need to reset my password on my Air and I don’t have another computer or the DVDs. How can I do it?
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10.5 and 10.6
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10.5 and 10.6
- Power on or restart your Mac.
- At power on, hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode.
- This step is optional, but it’s a good idea because it checks the consistency of the hard disk before moving on. At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press Enter/Return. Wait for the checks to complete before going to the next step.
- Type mount -uw / and press Enter.
- Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist and press Enter.
- Type ls /Users and press Enter. This lists all of the usernames on the computer – helpful if you don’t know or remember what these are.
- Type dscl . -passwd /Users/username password and replace “username” with one of the users displayed in the previous step. Replace “password” with a new password of your choice. Press Enter.
- Type reboot and press Enter.
- Thanks to www.macyourself.com for the tip.
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