Where can i find my mac password
Hope this helps. Got it right off my mac! good luck!
If you don’t remember your administrator password, you can reset it using the Mac OS X Install disc.
IMPORTANT: Because a user with the Mac OS X Install disc can gain unrestricted access to your computer, you should keep the disc in a safe place.
To reset the administrator password using the Mac OS X Install disc:
Insert the Mac OS X Install disc and restart the computer.
NOTE: If you are using Remote Install Mac OS X, make sure your computer is set up for remote installation, and then go to step 3.
Using Remote Install Mac OS X
Reset Password.
Follow the onscreen instructions to change the password.
You should change your keychain password in Keychain Access to match your new account password so your keychain is unloced when you log in.
If you have forgotten the Mac admin password and the filevault is on the steps mentioned above to reset Mac admin password would not help you as the drive or volume would be locked when you try to reset Mac admin password and you must unlock the disk first before you can select the volume containing the user account. You can follow the steps mentioned in the following article as they have put all the methods to reset Mac admin password together very nicely. Reset Mac Admin Password Different method to reset Mac password
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