On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:12 AM, Jim Scott <jesco...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> What this does is reset the Mac to think that there are no accounts, and >> when it reboots, you will be prompted to create a new administrative >> account to log in, as if it were brand new. >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> > > If anyone has tried this and it didn't work because you couldn't get to the > command line/root prompt, it's because Bruce forgot one little but very > important instruction: > > To get into single user mode, start the Mac, then right after the chime, hold > down the 'Command' key adjacent to the space bar and the 'S' key. That will > result in a black screen with white text. Then very carefully input the three > lines of text exactly as Bruce has shown above.
Auugh! What a dumb mistake. Thank you Jim! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
