Mac Tip Podcast – #017 – Resetting your Macs password using your install CD

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In this episode of Mac Tip Podcast;
Resetting your Macs password using your install CD

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Show Notes

A lot of times people forget passwords, like myself, I have a ton of accounts with all different types of passwords. with any security minded person (which you should be) remembering those passwords can be a big pain. And sometimes you forget those passwords( I can’t tell you how many times I’ve forgotten my checking account password), you may have friends that play practical jokers, or little kids that like to play around, or maybe you like to reset your password every 30 days and forget what it is. So I’m going to tell you how to reset your password for your Mac. First insert your Mac install disc Now restart your mac. Usually, you can start from the disc by putting it in your computer, restarting, and holding the C key. Or, put it in the computer and click the Install or Restore icon you see in the disc’s main window (after which the computer will start from the disc without you needing to hold C). Or, you can use Startup Manager or the Startup Disk preference pane to select the Install disc.

Choose a language, Noting that the default keyboard layout is U.S. English while starting from the installation disc. If you use a keyboard layout other than U.S English, use the Input menu (the flag icon on the right side of the menu bar) and select the desired layout before typing a new password. Click the arrow button to continue,
then choose Reset Password from the Utilities menu (or from the Installer menu, if using Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier).
If you don’t see this menu or menu choice, you probably have not started from the CD yet.
Select your Mac OS X hard disk volume.
and Select the user name you want to change
Do not select “System Administrator (root)”. This is actually the root user. You should not confuse it with a normal account.
Enter a new password.
Click Save.

You might also run into to another problem if you change your account’s password using your Mac OS X Install disc, your default keychain password (which uses the same initial password as your user account) does not change. Because of this, you will be prompted to enter a keychain password each time an application requires authentication that your keychain would normally provide.
Well how do we fix this?
Boot in to Mac OS X
Open Keychain Access (you can get to it by choosing the Utilities folder from the Go menu in the Finder).
In Keychain Access, choose Keychain List from the Edit menu, select the “login” keychain and Click Delete (-) in the window.

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