Hi, Kind of, but there are ways such as File Vault that will make that method useless. Check
http://www.cnet.com/news/can-filevault-be-bypassed-with-os-x-password-reset-routines/ for details. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jan 17, 2015, at 13:54, Agent086b <agent0...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Hi, > so am I correct in thinking what is the point of setting a password if it is > this easy to reset? > Max > >> On 17 Jan 2015, at 7:46 pm, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Earlier today, a friend of mine locked herself out of her Mac running >> Yosemite. That is to say, she could not remember her MacBook Air User >> account login password; and, to make matters worse, she declined the setup >> option of being able to use her Apple ID in order to let her reset it. >> >> Fortunately, I was able to locate an article that describes how to reset an >> Administrative password from the Recovery Partition. >> >> The link to the original article is located at the bottom of this post. >> >> Here are the steps I took, via VoiceOver, in order to reset her password and >> get her up and running: >> >> 1. >> Restart the Mac in Recovery Mode by holding down Command+R while powering on >> the computer. Wait until you hear the Startup chime before releasing these >> keys. This will force the Mac to boot into OS X on the Recovery Partition >> that was created when you installed OS X 10.7 or later. >> >> 2. >> When booting is complete, from the Menu Bar, open Utilities and select >> Terminal. Don't worry. You won't have to do anything exotic on the Unix >> command line. >> >> 3. >> In the terminal window type in "resetpassword" (without the quote marks) and >> hit Return. A new window will open. >> >> 4. >> Select the disk containing the user account. In most cases, this will be >> Macintosh HD. >> >> 5. >> Select the desired user account name. >> >> 6. >> Enter the new password in the first edit field and then re-enter it in the >> second edit field located just beneath it. A password hint is optional. >> >> 7. >> Click the Save button. >> >> 8. >> Go back to the Apple Menu at the top and select either Shutdown or Restart. >> If all went well, when the Mac restarts normally, you'll be able to login to >> the administrator account with the new password. >> >> The link to the original article is: >> http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/os-x-yosemite-how-to-reset-your-admin >> istrator-password >> >> Mark >> >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. > > -- > 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
