Hello, You bet. And that is one of the reasons why I use file vault. > On Jan 17, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Kind of, but there are ways such as File Vault that will make that method > useless. Check > > http://www.cnet.com/news/can-filevault-be-bypassed-with-os-x-password-reset-routines/ > > for details. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Jan 17, 2015, at 13:54, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> so am I correct in thinking what is the point of setting a password if it is >> this easy to reset? >> Max >> >>> On 17 Jan 2015, at 7:46 pm, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> Earlier today, a friend of mine locked herself out of her Mac running >>> Yosemite. That is to say, she could not remember her MacBook Air User >>> account login password; and, to make matters worse, she declined the setup >>> option of being able to use her Apple ID in order to let her reset it. >>> >>> Fortunately, I was able to locate an article that describes how to reset an >>> Administrative password from the Recovery Partition. >>> >>> The link to the original article is located at the bottom of this post. >>> >>> Here are the steps I took, via VoiceOver, in order to reset her password and >>> get her up and running: >>> >>> 1. >>> Restart the Mac in Recovery Mode by holding down Command+R while powering on >>> the computer. Wait until you hear the Startup chime before releasing these >>> keys. This will force the Mac to boot into OS X on the Recovery Partition >>> that was created when you installed OS X 10.7 or later. >>> >>> 2. >>> When booting is complete, from the Menu Bar, open Utilities and select >>> Terminal. Don't worry. You won't have to do anything exotic on the Unix >>> command line. >>> >>> 3. >>> In the terminal window type in "resetpassword" (without the quote marks) and >>> hit Return. A new window will open. >>> >>> 4. >>> Select the disk containing the user account. In most cases, this will be >>> Macintosh HD. >>> >>> 5. >>> Select the desired user account name. >>> >>> 6. >>> Enter the new password in the first edit field and then re-enter it in the >>> second edit field located just beneath it. A password hint is optional. >>> >>> 7. >>> Click the Save button. >>> >>> 8. >>> Go back to the Apple Menu at the top and select either Shutdown or Restart. >>> If all went well, when the Mac restarts normally, you'll be able to login to >>> the administrator account with the new password. >>> >>> The link to the original article is: >>> http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/os-x-yosemite-how-to-reset-your-admin >>> istrator-password >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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