I have seen some posts where File Vault appeared to present issues.
What are some steps one can take to ensure a proper working Mac with
File Vault?
From The Believer. . .
. . . what if it were true?
ancient.ali...@icloud.com
On 1/17/2015 3:18 PM, Joseph wrote:
Hello,
You bet. And that is one of the reasons why I use file vault.
On Jan 17, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote:
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
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