Hi, I don't think that you should need to do a re-install. Have you ever entered a password when installing any other apps? That would be the password to use. If you are still unable to remember anything then I suggest you go into Recovery mode, and then into Terminal and trick your computer into creating a new Admin user.
1. Restart the computer. 2. As the Startup chime is sounding,, hold down the cmd and "r" keys at the same time, keep them down for about 5 seconds then release. 3. Wait a bit then press cmd-f5 to start VO. 4. Press VO-m, go right to the Utilities menu then choose Terminal from that menu. When in Terminal, enter the following command: rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone This should trick the Mac into thinking that you have not yet set up your computer and thus will make you go through the setup process which will allow you to create a new Admin user. You will not lose your current user nor any of the info already on the computer. Make sure that the new user does not have the same name as your current user. Maybe use "Administrator" with some password of your choosing. Now, if you go into System Preferences when logged in with the new user, you can reset the password of your regular user so that it is usable again. HTH. Later.. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-07-21, at 2:44 AM, Ray Foret jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: > Hate to say it, but, you may actually have to do an OS reinstall. Actually, > under the Mac platform, this is not a hard thing to do. You want, before > hand, to back up your data however. This process, (the reinstall) generally > takes about two hours. > > That is, of course, unless somebody here has a better solution. > > > Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > On Jul 20, 2013, at 10:17 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Hello, gang. >> >> I attempted to reset my mac administration password, all to no avail, it >> wants my old password which of course I cannot remember. I tried entering my >> apple id, all to no avail. (this is all performed in user accounts) Any >> assistance would be greatly appreciated. >> On 2013-07-19, at 9:53 AM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>> Hello, Max. Did you try tabbing to show certificate and then tabbing to >>> trust? >>> On 2013-07-18, at 11:42 PM, Maxwell Ivey <maxwelli...@aol.com> wrote: >>> >>>> let me know if you find out why that happens. it happens to me all the >>>> time too. good luck, max >>>> On Jul 19, 2013, at 12:30 AM, Kerri wrote: >>>> >>>>> . Hello. I've been experiencing an issue in which every time I launch >>>>> mail, I receive the following message: >>>>> Verify certificate. The identity of pop.shaw.ca cannot be verified. The >>>>> certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a >>>>> server that is pretending to be pop.shaw.ca" >>>>> >>>>> I researched this on google and they stated to >>>>> 1. Press show certificate. >>>>> 2. Click "trust" >>>>> 3. Click connect. >>>>> >>>>> However, when I follow these steps, it asks for my password but will not >>>>> accept said password. The only way I can utilize mail is to click >>>>> "connect" every time the mail program is launched. I had this issue when >>>>> I first got this mac but the "trust" option quickly rectified it. 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