Forgot Mac Password, How to Reset It?

When working with Mac OS, you’re required to use an administrator password to install just about anything. If you forget your password, or if you’re using a hand-me-down computer and you don’t know the previous owner’s password, there is no workaround to bypass the admin password. Your only solution is to reset the password with the discs the computer came with. This project has two phases. Changing the admin password is the first step, but you must also follow through and change the keychain login as well.

How to Reset Mac Password with a With an OSX CD?
Like Windows password recovery issues, we can also take the CD to reset Mac passwsord with ease.

Step 1:  Insert the Mac OSX install CD into your optical drive. Hold down the “C” key and select “Restart” from your Apple menu. Hold the “C” key until the system reboots. Release the key when your screen starts to load.

Step 2:  Note the Mac OSX installer screen. Select a language, then click the arrow at the lower right of the window to continue.

Step 3: Click on the “Utilities” menu in the Finder window and pull down to select “Reset Password.”

Step 4: Note the “Reset Password” dialogue box that opens. Click on your hard disk volume in the pane below the title of the window. Click on the blue arrow of the drill down field below the hard drive to select the user name for which you wish to reset the password.

Step 5: Enter a new password for the user. Enter a password hint, if you like. Click the “Save” button. Click “OK” on the “Password Saved” confirmation dialogue box that appears. Reset another password or click the “Close” button to get out of the “Reset Password” window.

Step 5: Restart your computer and log into the user account for which you changed the password to see the effect.

How to Reset Mac Password without a CD?

Step 1: Click the “System Preferences” icon on your desktop dock. This launches a window with a variety of different operating system options.

Step 2: Click “Accounts” under the “Systems” section of the System Preferences.

Step 3: Select your account from the left side of the screen. Click the lock button in the lower left corner of the screen to edit your profile. Type in your current password.

Step 4:Click “Change Password.” Type in the new password. Re-enter to confirm. Type in the old password. Click “OK” and the Mac password resets.

Compared to reset Mac password, Windows password reset issue can be easier for us if we lost or forgot the password, especially forgot Windows 7 password. You can take a password reset disk, another available admin account or a Windows password recovery tool instead.