This is very odd. Like I said, I reset the password in the terminal for my friend and it worked after that. This might be worth a call to apple accessibility or Apple care. Unless someone else can come up with a suggestion, I am scratching my head here.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Aug 19, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> wrote: > Thanks for that. Again, no avail. I just don't get it. I try to switch to > the new user, I select the other user and a dialogue pops up asking me for a > password. I enter the password and it just expects me to keep trying. So > frustrating!!!!! > > > Thx, > Jeff > > On 2012-08-19, at 5:05 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sorry about that. YOu have to use the termianal menu item from the >> untility menu. Then, you type, resetpassword That will get you into the >> area to choose the account and reset the password. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> On Aug 19, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the tip. I don't see anything about resetting use passwords >>> when I hold [command] r after rebooting the computer. Could you direct me >>> further please? >>> >>> Thx, >>> Jeff >>> >>> On 2012-08-19, at 4:56 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> You might have to change that account password using the recovery >>>> partition then. I had this recently happen on a Mac I migrated settings >>>> from a time machine backup. I had to change her password through the >>>> resetpassword option in the recovery partition. >>>> >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John D. Panarese >>>> Director >>>> Mac for the Blind >>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>>> >>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>> >>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have managed to find the list of users now and reset the password. >>>>> Strangely enough, the password still does not work. It is the stingiest >>>>> thing…I reset the password, try to log in as that user and I absolutely >>>>> cannot. Anybody experienced this before? >>>>> >>>>> Thx, >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>> On 2012-08-19, at 4:49 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> What comes to mind is did you unlock the system preferences for the >>>>>> users and groups. You will probably need to do this to view the other >>>>>> accounts. >>>>>> >>>>>> As for the mailboxes, there is an import mailbox item in the file menu >>>>>> of mail. I don't know if this would work or not, though, as I have not >>>>>> tried importing from another account on the Mac. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Take Care >>>>>> >>>>>> John D. Panarese >>>>>> Director >>>>>> Mac for the Blind >>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>>>>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>>>>> >>>>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >>>>>> >>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>>>> >>>>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Last weekend, we bought my wife a new Mac Book Air. I set it all up >>>>>>> and it has been working fine. Today my task was to transfer her email >>>>>>> from her old Windows machine. I used the Migration Assistant and it >>>>>>> seemed to work fine. However, it has created a new user on the Air >>>>>>> with a password that I do not know. I presume that all her email >>>>>>> messages have been set up correctly within that profile. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So, I went into System Panel and selected "users". Her original >>>>>>> account has administrator privileges but, I don't seem to be able to >>>>>>> see the other user to change the password. Any thoughts? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Once I get into the other profile, I will also need to know how I might >>>>>>> be able to bring the mail into her original user account. 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