HT5624 master password help

I cannot get on my puter, where the heck do I change or find my Master password on my macbook air....

Just open System Prefs > User & Groups. Click the padlock (bottom left), it usually is locked, enter the master password. Then select your Admin user from the list on the left, click the Password tabs then 'change password' button. Enter the master password in the 'old password' field but leave the 'new password' & 'verify' field empty, the click 'change password'.
Now you will not have a master admin user password.

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Lost master password - HELP

Hi guys,
I lost my master-password. Well, not really, because I set it to 'Chait' but now it does not work. I have tried the DVDs that came with my computer and was unable to find an option to change the master password. I would really appreciate it if you can tell me an easy way to fix this.
Thanks in advance all's
Noah

Hi.
A year ago I was given an older G4 tower from work, circa 1999-2000, and the person who set up the master password was not working here anymore. I was planning to wipe the info eventually, but I wanted to remove some important files,etc. I went to the accounts section and added myself as an administrator, logged out the old administrator, logged in under my name, then removed the old administrator. Now I was the only user and was able to use the computer without having to buy system software. It saved me hours of reformating and it ran fine until a few years ago when I put a fresh OS X on it with more memory.
Hope this helped.
Again, I am not sure if this would work on the newer X's like Tiger. On the older it did the trick.
Jeff
imac, ibook, powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I have forgotten my Master password , help !

I have forgotten my Master password , what should I do , please be precise as I am barely computer literate .

Please clarify if you are talking about the Master Password associated with FileVault, or your standard everyday login password.
If you're talking about FileVault's Master Password it is possible to reset the it, but it still requires all users with FileVault-protected accounts to know their passwords. If a user has forgotten his or her login password, and you have forgotten the master password, there is no way to recover the user's data.
If you forget the master password, you can reset it, but you must know the passwords for any accounts with FileVault enabled:
1.
As an administrator user, delete the master password keychain file (/Library/Keychains/FileVaultMaster.keychain). When the master password keychain is deleted, Mac OS X assumes that no master password is set yet.
2.
In Security preferences, set a new master password.
3.
Log in to each account that has FileVault turned on, and use Accounts preferences to reset the password for each account.

Please help me get my laptop back someone has cracked the master password and is running multiple operating systems which I have no access to

Okay so I am not a computer expert by any means and have no clue how to fix my system. My father worked for intel for over 20 years as an engineer I asked him to restore my laptop to its original factory state and instead he cracked the master password
installed multiple operating systems and made himself the administrator or domain controller. Many features and options I do not have access to so reading the trouble shooting and going through the steps always leads me to a dead end. The laptop is TOSHIBA
SATELLITE L875D-S7332 a6 VISION AMD WINDOWS 8. As far as I can see my profile is actual running a version of windows 7. I do see reference to a windows 8RT windows 2003 windows vista wow64 and 32 I don't know what all that means I would just like to know how
wipe everything and get back to the factory condition I bought it in. If anyone can help it would be much appreciated

Do you have Win 7 installation disk? If yes, then go ahead and format the laptop if you don't need any data. If you need the data it it, then copy the same to USB disk and format it. Removing OS and deleting these things will anyhow keep some remains on
HDD. TO get the speed and performance back, you might need a fresh installation.
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PLEASE HELP!! Can't remember any of my passwords.... and I'm so ****** I can't see straight. Forgot the login/administrator and master password as well.... duh. It is my first computer ever tho and I've only had it for two months so, I'm still learning.

I got in an argument with my ****** girlfriend and I was absolutely wasted. Changed all my passwords during the argument so she wouldn't sabotage my laptop but was way too wasted to remember them. 10,000 tries later, I'm here. Please help??!! Thanks... oh and btw, can I link my stupid prepaid verizon cellphone to the laptop so I can download the pictures on it?? Thanks whoever replies.... JH
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You can reset the master password and go from there:
For Snow Leopard and earlier:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
For Lion and later:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4101
On your phone, if you connect it to the computer with a USB cable, it should show up as an external drive in Finder. From there you should be able to navigate to your pictures folder and copy your stuff.

Hi, I can't put a pontuaction mark in a password to acess one of my accounts (I can't remember the master password, so I can't change the previous one). MacBook Pro 10.6.8 Could you please help me?

Hi, I can't insert a pontuaction mark in a password (which I did until yesterday) to acess one of my accounts. I don't remember the master password, so I can't change that one. I have a MacBook Pro and 10.6.8. Could you help me, please.

What I'd do in this situation:
connect both macs to same LAN
turn them on
login to new mac
go network, find your old mac
connect using "connect as" button (up right of window)
use credentials from login you can't access - mean user name and password. If you still can't add that ~ you can copypaste password there from any text editor
You will get full access to all data of that blocked account - just copy all you need
Other way:
connect both macs to same LAN
turn them on
login to new mac
on new mac run "migration assistant" from Utilities folder
tell there that you want import account data from other mac
follow instructions of migration assistant
thus you'll import account to new mac - but probably with filewault enabled and same password, I didn't check this in such situation
Try first method first )

Help! I've forgotten my master password to my imac.

I was recently going through a divorce, and had stored my entire household in a storage unit, including my iMac. Now I can't remember the Master password. Can anyone tell me how to reset it, PLEASE? Thanks so much!

Classic operating system passwords, which refer to passwords on 13 + year old operating systems are much different in setting.
You should at minimum be able to find your Darwin version if running some version of Mac OS X by booting with command-S on a wired USB keyboard.
That should help tell us your Mac OS X version. This table comes from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)
Version
Date
Corresponding releases
Notes
0.1
March 16, 1999
Mac OS X DP
0.1 is contrived (for sorting and identification) as this identified itself simply as Mac OS 10.0
0.2
November 10, 1999
Mac OS X DP2
1.0
February 2000
Mac OS X DP3
1.1
April 5, 2000
Mac OS X DP4
1.2.1
November 15, 2000
Mac OS X Public Beta
Code named "Kodiak"
1.3.1
April 13, 2001
Mac OS X v10.0
First commercial release of Darwin
1.3.1
June 21, 2001
Mac OS X v10.0.4
All releases of "Cheetah" (10.0–10.0.4) had the same version of Darwin
1.4.1
October 2, 2001
Mac OS X v10.1
Performance improvements to "boot time, real-time threads, thread management, cache flushing, and preemption handling," support for SMB network file system, Wget replaced with cURL.[15]
5.1
November 12, 2001
Mac OS X v10.1.1
Change in numbering scheme to match Mac OS X build numbering scheme (e.g., Mac OS X v10.1 contains build numbers starting with 5 so Mac OS X v10.1.1 is now based on Darwin 5.1; i.e., 10.1 means 5 so 10.1.1 means 5.1, etc.)
5.5
June 5, 2002
Mac OS X v10.1.5
Last release of "Puma"
6.0.1
September 23, 2002
Mac OS X v10.2(Darwin 6.0.2)
GCC upgraded from 2 to 3.1, IPv6 and IPSec support, mDNSResponder service discovery daemon (Rendezvous), addition of CUPS, Ruby, and Python, journaling support in HFS+ (Darwin 6.2), application profiles ("pre-heat files") for faster program launching.[16]
6.8
October 3, 2003
Mac OS X v10.2.8
Last release of "Jaguar"
7.0
October 24, 2003
Mac OS X v10.3
BSD layer synchronized with FreeBSD 5, automatic file defragmentation, hot-file clustering, and optional case sensitivity in HFS+, bash instead of tcsh as default shell, read-only NTFS support (Darwin 7.9).[17]
7.9
April 15, 2005
Mac OS X v10.3.9
Last release of "Panther"
8.0
April 29, 2005
Mac OS X v10.4
Mac OS X forApple TV(Darwin 8.8.2)
Stable kernel programming interface, finer-grained kernel locking, 64-bit BSD layer, launchd service managementframework, extended file attributes, access control lists, commands such as cp and mv updated to preserve extended attributes and resource forks.[18]
8.11
November 14, 2007
Mac OS X v10.4.11
Last release of "Tiger"
9.0
October 26, 2007
iPhone OS 1(Darwin 9.0.0d1)
Mac OS X v10.5
Full POSIX compliance, improved hierarchical process scheduling model, dynamically allocated swap files, dynamic resource limits (for files and processes), process sandboxing, address space layout randomization, DTrace tracingframework, file system events daemon, directory hard links, Apache 1.3 and PHP 4 updated to Apache 2.2 and PHP 5, read-only ZFS support.[19]
9.8
August 5, 2009
Mac OS X v10.5.8
Last release of "Leopard"
10.0
August 28, 2009
Mac OS X v10.6
iOS 4
End of official support for PowerPC architecture (although several fat binaries, such as Kernel, still contain PPC images); 64-bit kernel and drivers, libdispatch task parallelization framework, OpenCL heterogeneous computingframework, support for blocks in C, transparent file compression in HFS+.[20]
10.8
June 23, 2011
Mac OS X v10.6.8
Last release of "Snow Leopard"
11.0.0
July 20, 2011
Mac OS X v10.7iOS 5[21]
XNU no longer supports PPC binaries (fat binary only for i386, x86_64). XNU requires an x86_64 processor. Improved sandboxing of applications
11.4.2
October 4, 2012
Mac OS X v10.7.5
Last release of "Lion", supplemental
12.0.0
February 16, 2012
OS X v10.8
Code named "Mountain Lion"; the word "Mac" has been dropped from the name
12.5.0
September 12, 2013
OS X v10.8.5
Last release of "Mountain Lion"
13.0.0
June 11, 2013
iOS 7 and OS X v10.9
If you are indeed running a Classic operating system, here's how to reset your password:
Mac OS 9.1 - forgot password - reset
Here's how to reset your password with Apple Article to reset the password for OS X 10.6.8 and earlier, and 10.7 and later.
Note: Macs can't boot an operating system older than shipped with them, or a different Mac model or different version of the same Mac model's installer disc. They can use newer retail discs as long as they meet specs. Lastly no discs were included for Mac OS X 10.7 or later.

Having trouble changing master password as i have forgotten it and can not get it to reset please help

I have tried to remember what the first pass word was and can not get it done. i can not send out emails on both of my email accounts [email protected] or [email protected] as both request password. when i have tried to reset master password it will not except any thing that i am doing. i need to send out emails for my work and having trouble doing the change. Please help

The master password protects saved passwords in Thunderbird and has nothing to do with connecting to your providers server. You need to work with your email provider if you have forgotten your email password. Go to their email help site and look for a link to reset your password.
If you are truly working with a forgotten master password this article tells you how to remove it.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/master-password

Help to get My master password back.

I Changed the master password!
My kids starded to use the CPU and by mistake got all the passwords that me and My wife have.
So i changed the password but lost the note of it.
Can u please help us?
Kindly /Stefan Nordén

No, I'm afraid that this isn't possible.<br />
If you have lost the master password and do not remember it then you can consider those passwords as lost.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Password_Manager
#http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password
The master password is used to encrypt the passwords (TripleDES in CBC mode), so you can't recover them.
You would need older copies of the files signons.sqlite and key3.db from before the change of the master password.

I´m usung version 17.0 and it´s impossible remenber paswords for sites, I have Master Password andsaved passwords-Please , can you help me.- Thanks

i´m usung version 17.0 and it´s impossible remenber paswords for sites, I have Master Password andsaved passwords.
REMEMBER PASSWORDS FOR SITES DO NOT WORK -IT´S NOT OPERATIVE
-Please , can you help me.- Thanks

Hi,
Usually Firefox will not save passwords on sites that disallow saving. You could try to use an add-on like [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lastpass-password-manager/ LastPass] that has options to override that and other.
[https://lastpass.com/support_helpcenter.php KB]
[http://forums.lastpass.com/ Support]
Before that, as a test you can try to check if it's working here. If not, then you can Reset Firefox and start afresh.
The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.''
To Reset Firefox do the following:
#Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
#Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
Further information can be found in the [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] article.
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NEED HELP FORGOT MASTER PASSWORD

I FORGOT MASTER PASSWORD BUT I HAVE THE STARTP DISC 10.4.6. .. I TRIED TO HIT THE APPLE C BUT ON RESTART BUT IT DIDNT RESPOND ,,, I ALSO HIT THE APPLE S ..BUT IM NOT FAST ENOUGH TO TYPE COMMANDS... CAN ANYONE HELP ME TO REBOOT USING MY DISC .. I CAN ONLY USE MY GUEST ACCOUNT AND NOT MY MASTER .. EVERYTHING IS BACKED UP .. BUT WHAT SHOULD I DO TO COMPLETELY RE-INSTALL ?

Insert the Mac OS X install disk. Then select Restart and hold down the "c" key. You don't have to be really fast, you have plenty of time. But keep the "c" key held down until you get the Apple screen and the "spinning gear" progress indicator. See this for complete instructions:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh655.html
Make sure you're using the disk that came with your Mac, or a later retail copy.
Regards.
BTW, a couple of "housekeeping" items:
1) It is generally considered inappropriate to type all in uppercase letters in Internet discussions, as text that is typed all in uppercase is by convention considered to be shouting. Uppercase is also more difficult to read, so please use all uppercase sparingly and only when you really mean to shout, which we hope you won’t need to do here .
2) This forum is for the minitower Mac Pro. If you have a MacBook Pro, the forums for that are here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=190

Forgot master password, how do i retrieve it? HELP

I made a master password back in 2009 and I cant remember it, how can i retrieve or create a new one?? Help Please !

Look to the right of your post at the column, "More Like This" for same issues with solutions. However,
Changing or resetting an account password

HELP!!! I lost master password!

HELP, I forgot my master password and even if there's a hint (and I know the answer) I've been trying all the possible combinations of upper/lower case that I can think of but it didn't work. Is there a way to recover/change it? Thanks a lot!!

A friend of mine said that while it is a pain in the toches, it could be resolved by disabling FileVault on every account, and then deleting a "FileVaultMaster.keychain" file, resetting the master password, and then enabling FileVault on each account again.
That seems basically correct.
I found several reports that there are actually two files, "FileVaultMaster.keychain" and "FileVaultMaster.cer", both in HD>Library>Keychains (not username>Library>Keychains) associated with the master passsword. After first turning off FileVault everywhere, removing these two files should enable you to re-enter a new master password. See
section 4 of http://www.macworld.com/article/58777/2007/07/aug07workingmac.html
and
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5822772&#5822772
My concern is that resetting the Master Password would effect other apportionments of MacOS, is this the case or not?
I highly doubt it, but I can't give you a better answer than "probably not"!
I'd keep a backup of the two removed files, rather than deleting them altogether.

I am cursed with a master password I submitted a few days ago and it now seems impossible to get rid of it ... when I uncheck the box the approriate pop up comes up but the 'remove' is is not functioning ... help ... I hate this feature and want it gone !

A few days ago I was stupid and tried the Master Password option. Now it will not allow me to remove it! I follow the process but when I submit the master password for removal the 'remove' button is dead. Only the 'cancel' option is active.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== A few days ago.

Did you try to change the Master Password and specify a new empty master password?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Password_Manager

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