HT201240 I have forgotten my admin password. Any idea what I should do. I do not have an install disc at one didn't come with the iMac. Have version os lion

I have forgotten my admin password. Any suggestions what I can do. I do not have a start up disc as the iMac (bought at christmas did not come with one. I have lion os.

Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
When the menubar appears select Terminal from the Utilities menu. Enter resetpassword at the prompt and press RETURN. Follow instructions in the dialog window that will appear.

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I have forgotten my admin password and need to create another user. Have no disks to boot from!!

You need an installer disc in order to reset an admin password. I don't know if the following will work on your system, but give it a try:
You can also reset the password by printing out (or writing down) and carefully following these steps.
First, find the short name of the admin user on the machine. The easiest way of doing this is by looking at what their directory is called in the Users folder.
Now, start up the computer while holding down Cmd-S. It should boot into a command line. (If it doesn't, you may need to reset the firmware password, which is detailed elsewhere.)
Type these exact lines:
mount -uw /
ifconfig lo0 up
cd /var/db/netinfo
netinfod -s local
Now you'll need that short name. (You did write it down, didn't you?) Type "passwd", a space, and the short name of the admin. For example, if the admin was - rather prosaically - called "admin", you'd type "passwd admin".
The computer will now prompt you to change the password for "admin" (or whatever the short name was). Go ahead and type a new password.
Now, type:
sync
reboot
and the machine will reboot. The admin password should now be changed.

I have forgotten my admin password. Is there anyway to reset it without having to go to the Apple Store?

I have forgotten my admin password. Is there anyway to retrieve it without having to go to the genius bar?

This may help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1274
http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/10/forgot-mac-password-how-to-reset-mac-password/
Ciao.

HT1338 i have forgotten my admin password for my mac pc and now can't upgrade software what can I do?

I have forgotten my admin password and now can't update software how can I reset it i am a complete novice with a computer

http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/

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Reset Password
OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Follow the instructions in second and third boxes.
Reset Password using Recovery HD
OS X 10.7 Lion /10.8 Mountain Lion
Follow the instructions in the first and third boxes.
http://pondini.org/OSX/Password.html

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Those playlists are "Smart playlists".
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I just restored my Mac HD from a time machine back-up and PS 4 Will not open. I get an error code 150:30. Any Idea what I should do ?

Photoshop's licensing information might have lost when you restored it to new HD. Re-install Photoshop CS4 and enter the same serial key for PS CS4 which you used before.
In case you need the download link for PS CS4, you can get it from here. Download CS4 products
Let me know in case you still get any issues.
~ Arpit

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I have a MacBook, OS X.

No helpful information seems to be available about this, except that on Windows .v09 indicates an unknown extension - in other words they could be anything. What do you get if you highlight the file and hit command-i - does the info pane give you any file type?
The best thing would be to ask the person who sent you the CD what they are; if you can't do this you can only try opening it in various programs. Audacity is a free audio editor which can open a number of formats. You could try dragging it to a browser icon in case it's Flash, or try the Windows Media Player. However there's a good chance that it's one of the obscure audio formats, in which case you very likely won't be able to play it.

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- Have you tried a reset. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- NextI would restore from backup.

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oke i'm not done with the whole thing, but i'm doing that right now. Most of the advice I've already read didn't work and at a certain point it said something about shutting down programs then restart. but i notice that there are some pretty important system things in that list and i don't want to mess up my pc :s i'm not a pc genius... and because i'm dutch and my pc-language is in dutch I often have trouble translating and well... i don't always understand the technical stuff in all the articles -_-

I just bought a 15" macbook pro, do the cds that come with the mac have the drivers i need to update windows after installing windows using boot camp?

I just bought a 15" macbook pro, do the cds that come with the mac have the drivers i need to update windows after installing windows using boot camp?

What DVDs are this ?
If it is OSX Snow Leopard Installation DVD then yes this disc contains the BootCamp Drivers version 3.x and is needed after the installation of Windows to install the BootCamp Drivers.
With OSX Lion BootCamp is at version 4.x and the BootCamp Drivers have to be downloaded during use of the BootCamp Assistant in OSX.
Boot Camp 3.0, Mac OS X 10.6 FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Lion and Boot Camp 4.0
Stefan

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Anybody have any idea what to do? Need help.

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Whenever I try to acquire the printer settings it doesn't want to do it.
Someone has more luck?

I have an older Macbook, and it has "n" wi-fi bt I need software to unlock it. It is supposed to come with the time-capsule but there is no software that I can find. Does anyone know were it is? supposed

I have an older white Macbook. It is supposed tohave "N" networking but needs to be unlocked. The software is supposed to come with the time-capsule, but I can not find it, also I checked with a friend who just bought an airport extreme and he can't find any software. Does anyone know where this software is located?

I think you are looking for this: AirPort Extreme 802.11n* Enabler for Mac - Apple Store (U.S.)

I have forgotten my admin password on my iMac. How do I reset it?

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See Mac OS X 10.6 Help- If you forget your administrator password

I recently downloaded OS X Mavericks and i can't finish the installation as i cannot remember the admin password any ideas ?

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Resetting or changing an account password:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274

HT201240 I have forgotten my admin password. Any idea what I should do. I do not have an install disc at one didn't come with the iMac. Have version os lion

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