I lost THE password of my iMac what must i do

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I was afraid someone would suggest that. The OP's question doesn't look quite kosher: I have a feeling we are dealing either with a "misappropriated" computer, or one that an admin, maybe a parent, wants to keep him off. It wasn't a "forgotten" password, it was a changed password.

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