- How To Take Off Administrator Password On Mac Shortcut
- How To Take Off Administrator Password On Macbook
If you know the name and password of an admin account on your Mac, you can use that account to reset the password. Log in with the name and password of the other admin account. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, then click Users & Groups. Click, then enter the admin name and password again. Click the lock icon in the bottom left corner of the preference pane and enter your administrator password. In the left-hand pane, select the administrator account whose password needs to be reset. Click the Reset Password button in the right pane. The password only prompts the user by telling them 'Hey, I am going to install an app into the computer'. If the user wants something to be installed, a mere password does not provide the user form of protection other than a waste of time having to enter it every time. OSX being safe from malware has nothing to do with password.
Passwords for all user accounts can be reset and changed when booted from the Recovery Partition on OS X.
This tutorial can be used for OS X 10.11 El Capitan, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.9 Mavericks and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Step 1. Boot into Recovery Partition
When booting starts press command + R and hold until you see startup screen
Step 2. Go to Utilies>Terminal
Step 3. Insert command 'resetpassword' and hit enter (For those that cannot see hard drive insert command 'mount –uw /' first)
How To Take Off Administrator Password On Mac Shortcut
Step 4. On Reset password screen, select the volume hard drive and user account that you need to reset password. Type 2 times new password and hint and press Save.
You will get confirmation screen and details about the keychain account.
How To Take Off Administrator Password On Macbook
This procedure don't reset Keychain password, you will need old password to open it or to create new one.
