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i have forgotten my mc password help please?
hello i found the following info on another question
will this work on any mac and has anyone tride it as i dont want to do and break my mac completely!!!!
thanks in advance
Make a note of the user name that you need to change the password for.
Turn the computer off.
Hold down the Ctrl (apple) + S keys, while holding them down – press the power button.
Keep holding down the CTRL+S keys until you get a black screen with white text.
It tells you 2 commands to type in in order to make changes to the system, type them in and press ENTER after each one.
Type in
passwd “username”
and press enter.
Where username is the name of the user, you must put the quotes in.
It will ask you to supply a new password, you don’t need the old one
then type in
reboot
and press enter. you should now be able to log in with the new password.
Try this
Although there’s no real way to recover a lost root password, you can change the root password even if you do not know the current one. You must have physical access to the machine in order to accomplish this task.
Click Restart at the login window
While the computer is restarting, hold down “Command-S” until you see text scrolling through the window.
This boots the computer into single user mode.
At the Localhost% prompt type:
/sbin/mount -uw //sbin/SystemStarter
You will then see various services starting up.
When the Localhost% prompt reappears, type:
passwd root
It will then ask you to type the new root password twice, so do so.
After entering the new password, type:
reboot
At the login window, enter username root wih the new password.
Once you are connected, you can use the Multiple Users application (/Applications/Utilities) to change your normal user’s password, or create a new user account.
Good Luck! 
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The command-S means the apple key + s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key
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ALSO HERE IS AN ALTERNATE METHOD:
to change the administrator (known as “root” in unix) password on a Mac OS X Tiger, Panther, etc., computer. The key to unlocking your system is the Mac OS X install disk.
Once you have an install disk in hand, double click on the Install Mac OS icon and you’ll get a window with a big graphic and a restart button. Click on it, and your PowerBook will restart and go straight to the install process.
But don’t install the OS again!
Just click through windows far enough until you get the regular set of choices on the menu bar. One of those menus is Utilities and one of the choices on that menu is Reset Password….
Using this tool, you’ll be able to change your password to something you know. Then choose Quit from the Installer menu and when your computer restarts, you’ll now know the admin password.
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