MAC HELP! Please D:?

Question

For some reason, my password to log in to my computer is something I don't remember. It's the same password I set to a Microsoft Word Document and for some reason, it changed all my passwords and I can't remember what it was. I'm stupid >< But anyway, now it won't let me log on. What do I do? I need the password to get on my comp! D=

Answer 1

If you don't know your user account password:
Don't reinstall Mac OS X. That won't change anything unless you have updated the OS and then it would be a real mistakeroo because the system would have some old and some updated parts and it will freak out. The newer installers of the OS will check the version that is currently on the hard drive and prevent you from going ahead with an overlay of an older CD version. Instead, follow these steps:

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.
7. Quit the installer and restart.

If you don't even have the install CD handy, you should get one. If you have lost it and don't have the cash to buy a new one just now, you can delete the netinfo database and delete a file called AppleSetupDone. Then when you restart, the Mac will open the same setup program that appeared when your computer was new. You can create a new account from scratch. But it will make the old account a "Deleted User" and put all of your old personal data into a disk image file. That's a bit inconvenient but nothing is actually lost.

To do this, go to the web link below and find the section "III. Restoring from defaults ". Restart and hold two keys together: Command key (has an Apple logo and/or the 4-leaf clover-like symbol) and the "S" key. That starts the Mac in "Single-user mode". You'll know you are seeing single-user mode because the screen will fill up with white geeky text on a black background. Release the two keys when you see this. Wait until the last line says "sh-2.05a#". You have arrived at the Unix mountaintop above even the weakness of logging into a user account. You are at the computer equivalent of Zeus and Thor with thunderbolts in your hands. Be careful how you use the power. Sorry, just couldn't resist the dramatic moment. Then go ahead with the steps in the article below.

Answer 2

here is how
link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156

The main idea is that you need your install cd if you don't know the administrator password. You will be able to get in without your install cd if you can get into the administrator account .



Also the reason you need the install cd is that there is a utility to reset the password on it.

this will be very easy for you after you read the link.

good luck. :)

Answer 3

Try calling a Mac technician.

Answer 4

you have to re-install your OS. If you have OSX it should be pretty painless.