Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread The Believer
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

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread Agent086b
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

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
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

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread Joseph
Hello, I’ve not had any problems with FileVault. But I do have a few suggestions. No matter the approach you take for setting up FileVault, be sure to document somewhere all relevant information. For example. If you decide to use the recovery key instead of your iCloud info for unlocking

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread Joseph
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

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread The Believer
Ok that's whqt it was that I vaguely remembered. Thanks Joseph, I will be sure to follow that tip. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 1/17/2015 3:35 PM, Joseph wrote: Hello, I’ve not had any problems with FileVault. But I do have a few

How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread M. Taylor
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