I have reset my mac book but password and username isnt accepted
having serious problems doing anything with my mac as udername and password keeps being rejected
Your post title says you "reset" your MacBook. What do you mean by this?
Reinstalled the operating system?
Reset the Admin Password?
Reset the PRAM, The SMC?
What version/generation MacBook Air do you have, and what OS version?
If you want to reset the password on Lion, here is the method.
You use the following technique to reset the Administrators password:
Boot to your Lion Recovery Partition, by holding down the Option key while starting, and then selecting the Recovery HD as the boot choice.
Once booted, at the top of the screen is a menu ..., select Utilities / Terminal from the menu bar.
In the Terminal window, type “resetpassword” (without the quotes) and press return. A “Reset Password” window will open. Select your boot volume (your SSD drive) if it is not already selected. Select your administrators username from the menu labeled “Select the user account” if it is not already selected. Follow the prompts to reset the password. Restart the computer from the apple menu.
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Apple please advise.Apple does not respond in these forums except occasionally an Apple employee will stop by. If you want to contact Apple, use the contact us link at the bottom of this page.
With respect to your question "When will Windows 8.1 be supported on Boot camp 5?" you are asking us to speculate as to when Apple will release their drivers supporting Windows 8.1. We do not know, and we can not speculate as to when. From the terms of use of this forum:
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I've heard of that problem with Safari, but not Chrome. Do me a favor and download and install Firefox and see if you get the same 'lag' using it.
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Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Connections
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Reset PRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222
Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14204
A new Mac is in warranty for 1 year from the date of purchase.
A new Mac comes with 90 days of free tech support from AppleCare.
AppleCare: 1-800-275-2273
Call AppleCare or take it to the Apple store to have it checked out.
Genius Bar reservation
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
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I have old, old references for utilities that let you rebind keys to other functions, and you would have to see if they have modern equivalents.
Ukelele Mac OS X Keyboard Layout Editor - http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ukelele - mostly useful for character, not function mapping.
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or...
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See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your Mac and into iTunes.
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