Monday, September 12, 2016
How To Reset Forgotten Admin Password on OSX 10 11 El Capitan
How To Reset Forgotten Admin Password on OSX 10 11 El Capitan
The passwords for every accounts on the OSX 10.11 El Captan, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, OSX 10.9 Mavericks and OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion including admin and standard user accounts can be reset and changed when booted from the Recovery Partition on OSX.
Reset Forgotten Admin Password OSX
Step1: Boot into Recovery Partition:
Reboot into the Recovery Driver by choosing the “Apple” menu >> Restart, hold down the “command” + “R” keys on the keyboard during the start-up process, then let go when you see the start-up screen. As soon as the machine boots, you will see the OS X Utilities screen.
Step2: Go to the Utilites menu and select Terminal
Step3: At the prompt type ‘resetpassword’ (hit enter)
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This launches the Reset Password screen, select the Volume Hard Drive in the top part of the window pane, then select the user you need to reset the user account at the lower part then add and confirm the new password and click save. You will get a confirmation screen and details concerning the keychain account.
Step4: Go to the Apple Menu and click Restart to boot back to normal hard drive and then the new password will take effect instantly.
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