Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password
Yes, Apple would be glad to sell you another but I'm sure a large proportion of the locked iPhones are NOT stolen and Apple making them completely inoperable is quite wasteful and closes the market to people who could repair them and put them to use when they might not be able to buy a new one. I know I have an iPhone 4s with a bad wifi chip and currently off of cell service. I would like to reset it and at least sell it for someone else to use but I can't unless I find a cooperative Verizon tech to turn off my current phone, turn on the 4s for a minute to reset it, then turn my current phone back on. A ridiculously complicated process that last time I went through (with another 4s) took HOURS on the phone. Of course I could just replace the wifi chip... Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 16, 2016, at 4:32 PM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > >> On Jun 16, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Russell Courtenay >> wrote: >> >> There should be something that could be done, it seems there are THOUSANDS >> of locked iPhones out there... >> >> Russell Courtenay > > The problem is that anything that “could be done” will essentially allow > people to take over stolen iPhones as well. It’s a hard call. > > Of course from Apple’s POV it’s not hard at all; they’ll cheerfully sell you > a new one! ;-) > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password
On Jun 16, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > > There should be something that could be done, it seems there are THOUSANDS of > locked iPhones out there... > > Russell Courtenay > The problem is that anything that “could be done” will essentially allow people to take over stolen iPhones as well. It’s a hard call. Of course from Apple’s POV it’s not hard at all; they’ll cheerfully sell you a new one! ;-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password
There should be something that could be done, it seems there are THOUSANDS of locked iPhones out there... Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 16, 2016, at 3:46 PM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > >> On Jun 16, 2016, at 1:58 PM, Russell Courtenay >> wrote: >> >> Now to figure out what to with locked iDevices… > > Cutting boards, doorstops? iDevices *have* to be unlocked by their previous > owners to be usable, both removed from ‘find my iPhone’ under the original > apple id, and unlocked by the carrier if it’s a cellular device, although if > the device is to be used on the same carrier that may not be necessary? I”m > not sure about the latter, but I do know that when I got my current iPhone, > the original owner had to remove it from their Apple account before I could > use it. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password
> On Jun 16, 2016, at 1:58 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > > Now to figure out what to with locked iDevices… Cutting boards, doorstops? iDevices *have* to be unlocked by their previous owners to be usable, both removed from ‘find my iPhone’ under the original apple id, and unlocked by the carrier if it’s a cellular device, although if the device is to be used on the same carrier that may not be necessary? I”m not sure about the latter, but I do know that when I got my current iPhone, the original owner had to remove it from their Apple account before I could use it. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password
Great info! Always coming across second hand Macs locked. Now to figure out what to with locked iDevices... Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > >> On Jun 15, 2016, at 8:47 AM, lagunacool wrote: >> >> Hell Group- >> A friend gave me, what I think is a 20 in. iMac 6. It belonged to her >> ex-boyfriend whom she does not talk to anymore. The administrative password >> is in his name, so I can not authorize any updates to the system. As >> result, I feel the computer is deteriorating and is able to do less and >> less. (can't do Netflix,Youtube is barely functioning) >>I did try to do the "secret code" that you see online that is supposed to >> allow you to change the password. I've made several attempts at this with >> no success. >> My question is can I buy newer OSX system install disks. wipe the whole >> thing clean and start over with my own new password? I guess the biggest >> question is do you need the old password to be able to install a newer >> version of the OS or am I completely screwed? >> Thanks to anyone who can help with this problem. > > > You don’t even need to do that. > > Start the computer in single user mode by holding down the command and S keys > while starting up. > > You will come up to a purely character screen. > enter (exactly! This is also shown at the prompt when booted in single-user > mode) > > /sbin/fsck -fy > > And hit return. The computer will do things for a while then come back to the > prompt. If it says that changes were made to the disk. run the command again. > (you should be able to hit the up arrow to get to the previous command) > > Once it says no changes have been made enter the following line (again, > exactly!) followed by a return: > > /sbin/mount -uw / > > Then enter: > > rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone > > (Note: the period in front of Apple is important) > > followed by a return > > Then enter: > > reboot > > and return > > to restart the Mac. It will now come up like it’s a brand new Mac and prompt > you to create your user account (which is an admin account). Nothing else > will be changed, but all the files and such under the old admin account will > be under that account. > > Fixing it so that you have access to those files is easy, once you have your > own admin account. > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
