On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:12 AM, Jim Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What this does is reset the Mac to think that there are no accounts, and >> when it reboots, you will be prompted to create a new administrative >> account to log in, as if it were brand new. >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> > > If anyone has tried this and it didn't work because you couldn't get to the > command line/root prompt, it's because Bruce forgot one little but very > important instruction: > > To get into single user mode, start the Mac, then right after the chime, hold > down the 'Command' key adjacent to the space bar and the 'S' key. That will > result in a black screen with white text. Then very carefully input the three > lines of text exactly as Bruce has shown above.
Auugh! What a dumb mistake. Thank you Jim! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
