You have to reboot the computer into the recovery partition by pressing and holding command-r for about ten seconds. Then, give it a bit and start VoiceOver with command-F5. You should have the Recovery options available to you, and use VO-m to get to the menu bar. Navigate right to the Utilities menu and then go down to, Terminal. Press VO-space and then when the terminal window is open, type, all one word, resetpassword
This should give you a GUI interface to choose the account you want and reset the password of that user. 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 and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On Aug 28, 2015, at 5:17 PM, Faith Girvan <fgirva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How do I run Terminal? > > On Aug 28, 2015 4:48 PM, "christopher hallsworth" <challswor...@icloud.com> > wrote: > I've heard you can run Terminal and type > resetpassword > which will do what it says on the tin. >> On 28 Aug 2015, at 21:10, Faith Girvan <fgirva...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I proceeded to do what you had suggested, but I am now sitting in front my >> computer with a lock and password field. I have tried using most of the >> passwords I have had in the past, but none of them have worked. I believe >> that my former roommates may have gone in and changed my password and went >> in when it was still on but I wasn't home. Is there a way to get around >> this issue so that I can do what you have suggested with repairing the disk? >> If so, how? If not, where do I go from here? >> >> Faith >> >> On Aug 28, 2015 2:20 PM, "Faith Girvan" <fgirva...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have some vision, so I was able to see it. >> >> On Aug 28, 2015 2:11 PM, "george b" <gbma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Well maybe someone told that person they did not say they were alone and >> maybe they had a little vision >> >> >> >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of christopher hallsworth >> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 11:02 >> To: macvisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: i-mac loading issue >> >> >> >> Ok, I know this may sound stupid, but how would a totally blind or blind >> with light perception user know if the file folder with a question mark has >> appeared short of sighted assistance? Would all I hear is the startup chime >> and nothing else happen? Would there be any disk activity or anything like >> that? >> >> On 28 Aug 2015, at 17:52, Faith Girvan <fgirva...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello, all; >> >> When I got in and turned on my i-mac, you would normally see the apple >> symbol show up. In this case, it acted as if it was loading properly, but >> instead of loading the apple symbol it only showed a file folder with a >> question mark flashing and it wouldn't proceed further than that. >> >> What can I do from here? 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