Hi Alex, Wow!!! Well, the fact that this merited a Wikki page, at least insures me I'm not the only dolt in the world who did this. lol
Thanks for the link, I'll give this a try tomorrow. Wish me luck! Cheers, Donna On Jul 16, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > It so happens that someone I know had to bypass the admin password on a Mac > recently. He got a very old mac that a school was no longer using, but the > school's admin account was still active and he did not get the password. The > only thing is, this uses single-user mode, which is basically a command line > prompt, and I don't think VO can run here. You will either need impressive > memory skills and a lot of guts, or sighted help, for that part of things. > Anyway, here's the link: > http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Lost-Admin-Password-on-Mac-OS-X > > On Jul 16, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> A couple of months ago I started setting up the Mac mini for our office. I >> had to put it aside to turn to other tasks that were more pressing, and when >> I came back to it this afternoon, it seems I am not remembering the >> administrative password I set for myself. I know, I know what a moron! >> Anyway, I have to get access to this computer, Even if it means reformatting >> the hard disk. Anyone have any thoughts as to what I can do? >> Thanks, >> Donna >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
