how to recover mac password?

Question

cant loggin to my power book

Answer 1

Hi Kiki...here are the instructions for the Mac OS X Password Recovery:

Although there’s no real way to recover a lost root password, you can change the root password even if you do not know the current one. You must have physical access to the machine in order to accomplish this task.

1. Click Restart at the login window

2. While the computer is restarting, hold down “Command-S” until you see text scrolling through the window. This boots the computer into single user mode.

3. At the Localhost% prompt type:

/sbin/fsck -y
/sbin/mount -uw /
/sbin/SystemStarter

You will then see various services starting up.

4. When the Localhost% prompt reappears, type:

passwd [username]

It will then ask you to type the new root password twice, so do so.

(Though I’ve not tried it, it appears you can type niutil -list . /users to get a list if users if you do not know the username….if someone wants to verify this, I would be most appreciative).

5. After entering the new password, type:

reboot

6. At the login window, enter the username with the new password. Once you are logged in, you can use the Multiple Users application (/Applications/Utilities) to change your user’s password, or create a new user account.

Note: this may not work for newer versions of OS X; I think they did something about it in a security update. I hope this helps you with Macintosh password recovery.

The only other way is to use your sytem restore disc that came with the Powerbook and boot up holding down the "C" after restart and do a clean install of of the OS

Answer 2

The easiest way to create a new password if you have forgotten the original admin password is:
1. Start up from a Mac OS X Install CD (one whose version is closest the the version of Mac OS X installed). You should first disable Open Firmware password protection, if it is enabled. Hold the C key as the computer starts.
2. Choose Reset Password from the Installer menu (or Utilities menu in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger). Tip: If you don't see this menu or menu choice, you're probably not started from the CD yet.
3. Select your Mac OS X hard disk volume.
4. Set the user name of your original administrator account.
Important: Do not select "System Administrator (root)". This is actually a reference to the root user. Do not confuse it with a normal administrator account.
5. Enter a new password.
6. Click Save.

Another way is to boot into single user mode and delete the NetInfo database and delete a file called AppleSetupDone which will get you back to the like-new setup welcome screen that you saw when you first started your brand new Mac. But I suggest this as a last resort as it will make a disk image file from all your account data and you might have to launch the image and copy all your files from the image to the same level folders of your new user.

And, it goes without saying but I'll mention it anyway, choose your new password carefully. If you had 50 ex-lovers, don't choose one of their names. How easily you may forget which.

Answer 3

Sorry to say that if you're the first person to use your power book, it's your master password and cannot be recovered.

Answer 4

Take the tiger set up cd and placed it in and restart the pc. Press "c" at startup besides from the cd. as quickly as on the instal computer screen bypass to the perfect toolbar and click "Utilities" then click "Password Reset". enter a sparkling password and your executed.

Answer 5

sorry don't really know much about mac's.you might go to pcworld.com and read the articles there on mac's.might find what you need.