SOS!!! can not type username/password with heart symbol () to login with keyboard.

My child accidentally added heart symbol (♥) in username, and now I can not login into my macbook air as I can not type the ♥ symbol with keyboard. apple tech service said no such experience before.

If the user account is associated with an Apple ID, and you know the Apple ID password, then maybe the Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
Otherwise*, boot into Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. In the window that opens, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window opens. Close the Terminal window to get it out of the way.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Follow the prompts to reset the password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.
You should now be able to log in with the new password, but your Keychain will be reset (empty.) If you've forgotten the Keychain password (which is ordinarily the same as your login password), there's no way to recover it.
*Note: If you've activated FileVault, this procedure doesn't apply. Follow instead these instructions.

Similar Messages

  • Recently changed my apple ID, both email and password. For some reason icloud is on the old email account and i do  not remeber that password to log out and login with new credentials

    I recently changed my apple ID, both email and password. For some reason icloud is on the old email account and i do not remember that password to log out and login with new credentials.

    I have the EXACT SAME PROBLEM and have been researching the past 2 hours!!!! Aaargh!

  • TS3048 Wireless keyboard turns on but can not type.  Can not do any of the trouble shooting I read about because I can not type my password .... Please Help

    The Apple wireless keyboard will not work.  Batteries are new, light is on & goes into search mode.  Worked fine yesterday, today - wont type.  Can not do any of the troubleshooting I read about online because I can not type my login.  Is there a lock key I may have hit by accident and can unlock?  The bluetooth is working because my wireless mouse works...Please Help

    I was just researching the same problem and found this info :
    "I figured it out, i had "mouse keys" on.
    To fix go to Preferences>Universal>Mouse> MouseKeys and click off"
    sure enough I had the 'mousekeys' on and turning it off - keyboard now working
    hope this works for you

  • I Am Having Trouble With Mozilla Firefox. For Some Reason I Can Not Type Any Thing In

    I Am Having Trouble With Mozilla Firefox. For Some Reason I Can Not Type Any Thing In. I Can Not Type Anything Into Yahoo Search Or Any Where I Need A Password. Anytime I Try To Type Anythink In It Locks Up Firefox The Same With Thunderbird Can't Write An Email Thunderbird Locks Up When I Start Typing. My Roboform Will No Longer Fill In The Forms. I Have Uninstalled All Three Programs Three Times. Can You Give Any Help.
    Thank You

    Hi,
    Sounds like you have two problems there. One for Firefox and one for Thunderbird.
    We can help you with the Firefox question but your other Thunderbird question will have to go into the Thunderbird queue. You can create a new Thunderbird question by going to [/questions/new/thunderbird]
    Can you try to start Firefox in Safe Mode to see if Firefox works properly with no error? You can start Firefox in Safe Mode below:
    *'''Windows/Mac''': Go to Help > Restart with add-ons disabled
    *'''Linux''': Run ''firefox -safe-mode'' in the Terminal/Konsole
    If Firefox opens up fine with no problems, it's probably one of your extensions that's causing the issue. You can re-enable your add-ons one by one until you find the one that causes the issue upon being re-enabled.

  • HT5787 My apple id has been hacked. hacker has changed all information in the apple id so I can not change the password. Account information from the apple id created is still in my mail. How do I regain apple id. Thanks

    My apple id has been hacked. hacker has changed all information in the apple id so I can not change the password. Account information from the apple id created is still in my mail. How do I regain apple id. Thanks

    Contact Apple support: Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security

  • My Icloud is tuck on my old email adress. i can not retreive the password becaue when i request the email it doent get sent to thi adress. how can i change it sothat my icloud is on my new email. i cant login or out of icloud now.

    My Icloud is tuck on my old email adress. i can not retreive the password becaue when i request the email it doent get sent to thi adress. how can i change it sothat my icloud is on my new email. i cant login or out of icloud now.

    To change the iCloud ID on your phone you have to go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide the password for the old ID when prompted to turn off Find My iPhone, then sign back in with the ID you wish to use.  If you don't know the password for your old ID, or if it isn't accepted, go to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID.  Tap edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change.  Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address.  You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iPhone on your device, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud).  Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was.  Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.

  • EMAIL-CAN NOT TYPE IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL

    I can not type on the body of my email through comcast SmartZone.  I am using Internet Explorer 9 and from my comcast home page when I access my email and try and compose an email or reply there is no where to type the body of the email.  When I go to the Comcast help page where it has Comcast Customer Central it looks distorted like you are looking at with double vision.  When I am trying to compose an email it has everything except the body to type on, it is all gray in that area and then at the bottom of the page it has the reply etc just like at the top of the page.  Also when I am on my smartzone at home versus at work it looks different.  Like on my email at home the first button is refresh and here at work it is new?? I have contacted Comcast and they were able to login to my email and had not problems.  So I do think it is a setting but I do not know where to even start. Please help,

    It could be a compatability issue between IE9 and the Comcast
    email website. Try it in compatibility view in the IE9 browser.
    You might also want to use or create another email account
    using another service like gmail as a test to see what happens.
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie-9/features/compatibility-view
    (And yes, I still don't know how to create hyperlinks...)

  • IOS7 - After taking a photo the lock screen zooms in and I can not enter my password. Does anyone know why?

    Everytime I take a photo on my phone either when it is locked or not, when I come back to my phone to use it next the lock screen has zoomed in and I can not enter my password. I have to either switch the phone off or keep playing with the side button. Its only happened since iOS7 has been installed. Can anyone help?

    On the Home screen, double-tap with three fingers to exit zoom.
    Then go to Settings > General > Accessibility and make sure Zoom is turned Off.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3129

  • How to unlock an old iphone that we can not remeber the password

    I have an old iphone 3gs that had a password on it - I am needing to use the phone but can not remeber the password - how can I reset it?

    You need to restore it in order to unlock it. Read this first.
    http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/16/forgot-iphone-passcode-how-to-reset/
    You really want to restore using the computer that you sync with so that you can recover all of your data from the backup of the phone.

  • Can not type!

    Hi!
    Can not type while loged in as specific user. It is possible to type as another user, or when promped to authorize something. Mouse working fine. Combination mouse + cmd/alt/shift etc works fine. No hardware problem.
    I find out that ALL non-asian keyboard layouts in international panel of System Preferences are missing as well as Keyboar pane crashes SysPref if clikcked on.
    I asumed that something was wrong with local users prefs files so I erased them. Unfortunately no change!
    Any suggestions?
    G5   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

    Ok, I was maybe not quite clear about erasing/moving Prefs map to Desktop but it's always done like you said, anyway...
    I did basicly everything you said even before, and had no impact on my problem. Strange thing is that there is no error message in any log file.!?!
    I did find something like "can't find KD?? something" in console.log before but not any more. Crash log for syspref looks like this
    Date/Time: 2006-07-02 10:24:59.038 +0200
    OS Version: 10.4.7 (Build 8J135)
    Report Version: 4
    Command: System Preferences
    Path: /Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences
    Parent: WindowServer [336]
    Version: 3.3 (3.3)
    Build Version: 6
    Project Name: SystemPrefsApp
    Source Version: 1260100
    PID: 365
    Thread: 0
    Application Specific Information:
    Keyboard &
    Mouse v.3.1 (com.apple.preference.keyboard)
    Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
    Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
    Thread 0 Crashed:
    0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907beafc CFArrayGetCount + 52
    1 com.apple.preference.keyboard 0x0602e758 KeyboardAdded + 5796
    2 com.apple.preference.keyboard 0x0602f540 KeyboardAdded + 9356
    3 com.apple.preference.keyboard 0x060298d8 dyldstubIOServiceClose + 100763244
    4 com.apple.systempreferences 0x00006978 0x1000 + 22904
    5 com.apple.systempreferences 0x00006504 0x1000 + 21764
    I'm realy wondering what's wrong???
    MacBook Pro / PowerMac G5, xServe G5...   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

  • Firefox 8, Gmail chat issue; It ceased working, i can not type in the chat window, although i can get text that is sent to me. ideas?

    There seems to be some problem with the Gmail chat
    the chat window field in which i type the message seems to not work
    i can click on it but can not type
    even tried opening the chat message in a new pop up window
    and typing there, same result. wont let me type
    Although i can see text being sent to me
    Think its been happening since ive upgraded to FF8

    Thanks Sorvin
    Worked like a charm :)

  • Does not let me add text to my verizon website. This adding text feature works well on internet explorer. I can click on add text, the box opens up but I can not type in the box for some unknown reason. What can be done to correct this problem ...

    does not let me add text to my verizon website. This adding text feature works well on internet explorer. I can click on add text, the box opens up but I can not type in the box for some unknown reason. What can be done to correct this problem ...

    I didn't search before, but "you are not alone" (the thread [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/747424 In Verizon's Sitebuilder for webpages, I can not edit text boxes when using Firefox. I do not have this problem if I use Internet Explorer. Is there a setting I can change in Firefox to correct this problem?] has 18 votes for "I have this problem, too).
    I can only guess about the reason... Firefox works with many websites' "rich text" editors, but ones that haven't been updated for five years may assume that Firefox is the old Netscape browser and use scripting techniques that don't work in Firefox.
    If Verizon has a different "basic" or HTML editor that you can tolerate using, you could try that. It might not be subject to the same incompatibilities.
    If I someday get a Verizon account, I will surely be looking into this further, but for now, it's hard to suggest anything else.

  • Ever since I add IOS7 I can not type text messages or emails.  What can i do to fix the problem?

    Ever since I add IOS7 I can not type text messages or emails.  What can i do to fix the problem?

    Reset your phone by holding down the home button with the sleep/wake button until you see the apple, then let go. Try it again.

  • While using Illustrator or Photoshop I seem to be hitting a shortcut to lock my key board. Other shortcuts work but can not type anything?

    While using Illustrator or Photoshop I seem to be hitting a shortcut to lock my key board. Other shortcuts work but can not type anything?

    You are planning to do a number of things, so let me first make a suggestion about the overall approach. Instead of: "Before I make a clone of my hard drive I would like to fix this problem so I only have one account with everything in it but I do not know what to move ... or how to safely move it", I would make that clone immediately. And leave it alone until you have completed the reconfiguring and rearrangements you plan to do. This way, if you accidentally do something that needs to be undone, your clone is there with all the originals. By the way, this is the approach I always adopt, whenever I have to do anything drastic with an existing installation.
    After all the rearranging etc. of the main drive you just make a new clone that erases the previous one.
    The "Deano" account doesn't show up when I go to System Preferences:Accounts. So I assume I must have done something wrong.
    This would suggest to me there is only one account, i.e. the principal, or Admin account. Why do you think there is a second account?
    Where should I keep all my work files?
    You can keep them where ever it is most convenient. As you know, you can create folders within folders, and there is nothing special about the Documents folder. Feel free to ignore it, if that's the way you want to work. You can direct your downloads, the default "save to" locations etc. to the appropriate places, as you work.
    Can I create a new place for all my work files and just move them? I know I will have to update linked files within the various software packages but this is not a problem.
    By all means.
    .. can it be directly on the HD like my Applications folder etc.?
    Indeed, yes. Or even on a different hard drive (or partition of the same drive).
    And best wishes for the new year, to you too.

  • HT5463 I changed  password but can not use new password on phone. Why?

    I changed  password but can not use new password on phone. Why?

    Start with the Settings app
    Settings > iTunes and App Store > tap on your Apple ID and then tap on Sign Out
    Then sign in with your correct Apple ID and password.

Maybe you are looking for

  • Run OS command from Pl/SQL

    Is there any way to execute an OS command from pl/sql other than using dbms_pipe & pro*C combo. I have done this way before but it seems there is built-in oracle package which can do this in 8/8i. Also HOST command in forms will execute the OS cooman

  • How do I get the Preference Training Simulation Mode to work?

    I've worked with Captivate 3 for years and was required to upgrade to Captivate 4. In 4, I cannot get the Training Simulation Mode to save. I go to Edit > Preferences > REcording > Mode and select Training Simulation. Click OK. Go back into Preferenc

  • Export for AS: Class vs Base Class

    when i export a movie clip for actionscript, what are the differences between Class & Base Class?  i see most tutorials change Base Class and leave Class as the name of the movie clip defined in the library.

  • What is flashbridge wrapper cross platform?

    I am trying to download an updated version of Adobe Flash Player and I can't complete the download until I close flashbridge wrapper cross platform but I don't know what this is.  I don't see it as being open.  Is it known as some other name??? Thank

  • I cant see keypad lock option or icon anywhere in my 8520

    Hi, I just upgraded OS5 on my 8520 but after upgrading I can't see keypad lock option anywhere. Before there was keypad lock icon in menu but its just vanished now and I even checked all the folders its nowhere. How can I get it back? Please help me.