Hi ET, He could log in and reset his password,
This will really require eyesite though unless someone else can tell me how to switch screans from the recovery mode. ET to do this, Shut the machine down and restart in to the recovery console, so that's hold down the command key and the letter R, Once it starts up bring up the menus using option ctrl and m, Scrole across to the utilities menu and then down to the terminal, Open terminal and then I've gotta remember this, It's either resetpassword,or passwordreset, Enter after the command and you'll get a table of users in the reset password screan, select the user you require and then do a password reset your password only has to be 1 character long but best to choose a good password. Also note that after the password change you will get prompted for a update of the keychaine I choose he to setup a new keychaine. But that's just me Hope that helps. Simon f -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Tuesday, 7 June 2016 10:56 AM To: MacVisionaries <[email protected]> Subject: Locked out Have a friend new to the Macbook Pro (El Capitan) and is locked out. He cannot remember his login password. How can he recover from this? Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard... [email protected] Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
