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Other Reasons for Doing this:
- Reset a Mac OS-X Password
- Computer Won’t Let me Log in After Installing Yosemite
- Can’t login, password is wrong but I know it isn’t
- Yosemite is asking me to login with my Apple ID / iCloud password, I have even reset my password on appleid.apple.com and it still won’t let me login
- I lost or forgot my password
OS:
- Mavericks
- Mountain Lion
- Yosemite
Solution:
- Boot into recovery mode by
- Shut down your Mac
- Switch on your Mac and hold down Command + R (hold down both keys at the same time, keep holding them down)
- When you see the Apple logo and loading bar appear, you can let go of Command + R
- Let it finish loading and you should now be in the recovery mode utilities screen, if not repeat the above.
- In the menu at the top start Terminal
- Now in the black Terminal window, type resetpassword and hit Enter (return)
- You should now be prompted to reset your password, enter your new password
- In the menu top left select restart to restart you computer and boot into Mac OSX
- Log in using your new password
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Sounds like a recent episode!
Yep. I’ve had to do this 5+ times since I installed Yosemite.
Fixed now *I think*, replaced my Intel SSD (was supported by Mavericks) with a normal sloooow HDD.