HT201240 how do a reset my mac os x if my disk drive do not work? I bought this laptop from a local exchange group on facebook! can anyone help me ?
Can someone help me i bought a macbook os x and it has a password to login but the person i bought it from does not know the password so im stuck with a macbook that i cannot login ? it there a way to reset it? ALSO I read that you can restart it with the cds and i got some but the disk drive does not work !
Forgot Your Account Password
For Lion/Mountain Lion
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.
Or see Reset a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password, OS X Mountain Lion- Reset a login password, and
OS X Lion- Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
For Snow Leopard and earlier with installer DVD
Mac OS X 10.6- If you forget your administrator password
For Snow Leopard and earlier without installer DVD
How to reset your Mac OS X password without an installer disc | MacYourself
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