10.9.5 (audio driver issues). Wha happened: I have a macbook pro 15 inch reina. I am sufferin from a bulin baer, and my rackpad sopped workin a while back. My "ee" key sopped workin abou 2 monhs ao.
oday, my "ee" key also sopped (efhi ... rsuv). Since I have a "ee" in my password, I needed o chane i before I was locked ou. I chaned i wih sysem preferences, all was ood, excep ha I ried o use SMB. Enerin my new password did no work. I ried o re-ener i on he compuer, bu now he sysem said I did no ener i correcly. So ... I don' have a ypable admin password, I don' have an acive sudo erminal session, and unless a recovery boo will le me rese a password, I'm in rouble. What happened: I have a MacBook Pro 15 inch retina. I'm suffering from a bulging battery, my trackpad stopped working a while back. My T key stopped working about two months ago. Today, my G key also stopped. Since I have a G in my password, I need to change it before I was locked out. I changed it with system preferences, all was good, except That I tried to use SMB. Enter my new password did not work. I tried to reenter it on the computer, but now the system said I did not enter it correctly. So, I don't have a typeable admin password (*), I don't have an active sudu terminal session, and unless a recovery boot let me reset a password, I'm in trouble. I make heavy use of voice assist typing, but I discovered that when it comes to entering a password into a password field, I cannot use the paste operation -- It has to actually come from the keyboard.And at login, I have no usable keyboard other than the physical keyboard on the machine (No tablet keyboard or other virtual keyboard is usable). (*): I do have a second admin account with a known password, but that password includes a dead key. On 2018-01-16, at 2:55 PM, Charles Lindauer <char...@lindauermacs.com> wrote: > Recovery depends on what operating system you’re on. Let us know and we can > help. > > I ran into a similar situation a few days ago, and what happened was the user > had somehow started using the German keyboard settings. When corrected to > English, the old password worked. > > In any case, we need a little more info to help. > > Charles Lindauer > Lindauer Mac Consulting > 707.479.6170 > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jan 16, 2018, at 10:55 AM, Michael <keybou...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I just changed my password, and I thought I knew what I changed it to. >> However, I just had to type my password in again, and it did not work. >> >> I am still logged in, but I have no access to my password. I have access to >> root. In the past, horrible errors with passwords have been fixed by simply >> editing the password file and setting the password to blank, and changing it >> again. >> >> that approach no longer works. What can I do to recover my password? >> >> --- >> Entertaining minecraft videos >> http://YouTube.com/keybounce >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
