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How do I find my administrator password on a mac OS X 10.7 if I forgot it I don't want to change it and I am the admin?
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∙ 10y ago
turn off mac. turn on mac. AFTER you hear the chime, hold down apple key+s. you will got to terminal. type in mount -uw /then press enter. then enter in rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDonethen press enter. then type in shutdown -h now and press enter. the computer will shut down. turn it on. then you will be shown a video then you will create a new admin account.
note: this will not delete any accounts. where you see spaces there ARE spaces.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoI don't believe there is a way to find it. You can go into System Preferences/ Accounts window and click on Change Password and see if you put a hint down. If not then you will have to reboot into the "repair partition" and change it to what you want again. With older DVD installed OS's you need to boot to the MAC OS DVD installer and change it that way. (write it down next time?)
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