Help! I have an imac m6498 question(s) need help on the following ASAP thanx
i found an imac m6498 at my grandmas's, its working smooth and great. However, i have these problems:
idont have admin (she doesnt remember the password nor how to remove it)
i dont have the cd repair and backup etc, nor does she
cd drive works well (i need info on how i could reset this so i could use the pc like it was new)
i was thinking of transferring mac os 9 [or leopeord, cuz i saw a forum that its possible] into a usb ext hard drive and installing it there
the main problem is, i dont have admin. It says "you do not have access privileges"
other questions:
is there a way / combo buttons/commands that i could do to reset, change, redeem the password.
thank you, sorry for the woording, i rushed it. heehhe
James,
That machine is over 10 years old and is not an Intel based iMac, Apple began using Intel microprocessors in 2006 a full 5 years after your machine was made. It is a PPC (Power PC) based machine which cannot run Leopard. In other words you are in the wrong forum. You can reset the password per Resetting an account password however you need the original Install discs. If you don't have those your last option is to contact Apple and see if you can get a duplicate of the originals, you need these because they are machine specific. I suspect that due to the age of the machine you won't be able to get them.
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