Dionipher, The firmware password utility is in recovery, but not in the table you get when it comes up. The recovery interface also has a menubar which includes a few additional utilities like the terminal or the firmware password utility.
> On 09 Jul 2015, at 00:27, Dionipher Presas Herrera <dionip...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > i just want to secure my mac. since there's a lot of thief right now. i read > that the master password and the firmware password is not the same.. > > • Open Firmware password — The computer itself can be protected by a single > password that prevents unauthorized users from altering the startup process. > • Master password — An administrator must create a single master password > before users can protect their home folders with FileVault. The master > password acts as a back door for resetting passwords on FileVault-protected > accounts. >> On 09 Jul 2015, at 12:21 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland >> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ehh, is that a smart idea? I'd be scared Voiceover wouldn't read that >> screen where you type it in, and if that's the case, God help you, if >> something goes ape crud and you can't figure out what the screen is saying. >> LOL! >> >> May I ask why you wanna do that, over just setting a login password instead? >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dionipher Presas Herrera" >> <dionip...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 6:14 PM >> Subject: how to add firmware password on mac? >> >> >>> good day to all, would like to ask how can i add a firmware password on my >>> mac? i google it, but i don't see it on the recovery mode of my computer, i >>> am running Yosemite. Thanks in advance. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
