Hello Catherine, You need to identify whether you are running Lion or Snow Leopard. I don't think it's possible to retrieve an Admin password if you've forgotten it, but you can reset it. For systems up through Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) you can do this if you have the install discs. I summarize an article that describes how to do this using the Lion Recovery partition, but I'm not running Lion myself, so I can't test this.
1. Shut down your Mac and turn it back on while simultaneously holding down the Command and "r" keys to boot into the recovery partition. 2. From the menu bar (accessed with VO+m or Control+F2), navigate to the "Utilities" menu and arrow down to select "Terminal", then press return. 3. In the Terminal window, type "resetpassword" (one word without the quotation marks) and press "Return". 4. Use the Reset Password utility to select your hard drive, choose you user account, and enter a new password. Someone who actually has Lion running can probably check this out for you. Write back if you're using Snow Leopard and have access to your install discs -- there's more experience with this. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 16, 2011, at 17:22, Catherine Golding wrote: > I understand that the pass word I want is the authentication pass word, but > I've forgotten it. How do I either retrieve it, or reset it? > > > > Catherine G > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
