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#WHAT IS MY MAC PASSWORD TERMINAL HOW TO#
#WHAT IS MY MAC PASSWORD TERMINAL FOR MAC#

I suggest you to choose Create New Keychain and now you have successfully reset your password on Mac. Then press enter and it will display a window like the one below, select HDD (1) and select your user account (2), fill the password box with your new password and then click save (3)Īfter restarting the Mac, login with the new password and pop-up window will appear related keychain. On the Terminal application just write: resetpassword You will have to make the choice of the main language and then go to Utilities > Terminal (1), The command to change your Kerberos password, /usr/bin/kpasswd, is included in. The command to delete current TGTs: /usr/bin/kdestroy. This is also referred to as acquiring a TGT or ticket-granting ticket.' The command to display currently held TGTs: /usr/bin/klist.

Or, press and hold command + R key for OS X 10.10 and you will go into Recovery HD. The command to authenticate to the Kerberos system: /usr/bin/kinit .

Most important thing is that you look at the Recovery HD This way, the startup disk will display on the Mac screen will display, as you can see on the picture. You can press and hold the option key when the Mac is turned on. Here, we’re not going to discuss about it further, we will use it to reset the Mac password. What is Recovery HD? It’s a system provided by OS X that can do things related to re-installation, restore from your time machine backup disk and so on.

#WHAT IS MY MAC PASSWORD TERMINAL FOR MAC#

It can be applied for Mac with OS X 10.7 or later. This method is using recovery HD from your Mac.

If you don’t see the sign like it’s shown in the picture below, then your Mac is not covered by Firmware Password and you can use the following technique to reset your Mac Password.

Press and hold the option key immediately.

To keep this short, to check whether your Mac covered by Firmware Password or not: What is Firmware Password? I hope you know something about it, but if not, I will explain it later in another article. This method can only be used if Mac is not covered by Firmware Password. Most home users of Mac computers set their Macs to login without the need of a username or password, by just pressing one button they have access to their Mac and applications and all their data. What to do if one of the requirements I’ve mentioned in that article cannot be fulfilled? This time I’m gonna share another method related to reset Mac password.

#WHAT IS MY MAC PASSWORD TERMINAL HOW TO#

In the Previous article, we’ve talked about How to Reset Mac Password Using Apple ID.