I can't remember my admin password for one of my iMacs. I'm locked out! What are my options?

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I've had my iMac put away for about a year, now I can not remember the admin password upon startup. And I don't have the installation cd's (of course)! Is there any way to re-boot, re-do, get into my Mac to change it. I don't remember it even w/ the hint

I've had my iMac put away for about a year, now I can not remember the admin password upon startup. And I don't have the installation cd's (of course)! Is there any way to re-boot, re-do, get into my Mac to change it. I don't remember it even w/ the hint

Call Apple with the Serial and they will send you the ones that came with the Mac. Or search the Net.

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Resetting User Password in Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks & Yosemite
Boot into your Recovery Partition by holding down the Command and R keys whilst booting.
When the Recovery screen appears, go to the Utilities menu and open Terminal.
In Terminal, type:
resetpassword
...a small app will open and allow you to choose the user for whom you want to change the password. If you are the admin, be certain that you choose your admin user. Type in your new password twice and give yourself a good hint. Click OK (or Done or whatever) and reboot, enjoying the use of your new, hopefully memorable, password.
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I can not remember my admin password

I can not remember my admin password

Resetting or changing a password:
For Snow Leopard or earlier: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274
For Lion or later: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6022
This is also useful:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipad-iphone/news/?newsid=3463233&olo=email
If it's running Mac OS X 10.6.8 or earlier, insert a Mac OS X install DVD, restart with the Option key held down, click on it, and use the Reset Password utility.
If it's running Mac OS X 10.7 or newer, restart with the Command and R keys held down, open the Terminal, and use the resetpassword command:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4101

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I bought a new iPhone 4 with iOS 6.1.3 installed. When I connected it to itunes for the first time to activate it iTunes asked me to enter the password for an account that the iPhone is locked to like if the device was used before what shall I do? PLease reply soon

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Hi everyone. I am running into a major issue. I cannot remember my iMac admin password (10.5.8) and I have tried everything that was suggested on this website along with multiple other sites.
When I startup my iMac it automatically logs onto my admin desktop (no password, etc.) I want to install something and I cannot make changes to my account because I can't remember my password. I have tried rebooting with command + S and whenever I enter in the commands, I either get error messages or am told the commands are not recognized. Any advice would be really appreciated. I do not have the original CDs. I am able to log onto a Standard and Guest account- just can't install anything because they're not the Admin account.
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Forgot Your Account Password
For Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks
    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,
       OS X Mavericks- Solve password problems,
       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,
     OS X- Changing or resetting an account password (Snow Leopard and earlier).
For Snow Leopard and earlier without installer DVD
    How to reset your Mac OS X password without an installer disc | MacYourself
    Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD — Tech News and Analysis
    How To Create A New Administrator Account - Hack Mac

HT201240 I can not remember my admin password...how do I reset

using OS X version 10.9.2?

Hi Cindy...
You can use your Apple ID to reset your admin password > OS X: Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password
Or, there's an alternative > Reset the user password in OS X Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks: Apple Support Communities

HT6022 I can't remember my admin password :(

I have an iMac desktop using OS X 10.9.1 We purchased it and had files moved from our old imac to this one and the company that moved the files must have created the admin account when they started it up...now i don't know what my password is...how do i reset it?

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Follow the instructions in the beige and green boxes.
http://pondini.org/OSX/Password.html
Note
You should now be able to log in with the new password, but you won't be able to unlock the Keychain. If you've forgotten the Keychain password (which is ordinarily the same as your login password), there's no way to recover it. You’ll need to reset your keychain in the preferences of the Keychain Access application.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
Best.

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Check the AppleCare number for your country here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
Call them up, and let them know you would like to be transferred to the Account Security Team.

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