Hack Mac Password
How to Hack a MacBook in Less Than 5 Minutes
https://medium.com/macoclock/how-to-hack-a-macbook-in-less-than-5-minutes-fb4012b469ae
What to do if you forgot your password for a Mac
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This is a very useful, but somehow also dangerous trick. Useful because you can still access your Mac even if you forgot your password. Dangerous because anybody could steal a Mac and access it, even change the password. As always it depends on the person’s intention. There are good persons, using knowledge and tools for the right things and bad persons misusing knowledge. Be a good person.
Let me tell you how I discovered it. Actually, you do not forget the passwords you use every day. That’s what I thought. One day at work I tried to access my MacBook and I was pretty sure it was the right password. I tried multiple different variations. Turned it off. Thought about it. Tried again. Searched in my documents for the passwords. Tried again, but could not access it. Somehow I must have forgotten a tiny part of it, just a special character as ! or = or maybe any of the signs was uppercase. I tried to remember but could not figure it out.
The method consists only of a few simple steps, so let’s start and see how to do it. If you just want to try it, but know your password then you should open this article on another device because in the first step you need to shut down your Mac. And I guess you might still need the instructions simultaneously when executing it. So let’s hit the turnoff button.
Turn now your Mac on and hold immediately the keys “CMD+R” together until the appears on the screen. The recovery mode of your Mac will be opened. It should open a window with the header macOS utilities. On the uppermost part of the screen you can see the top bar with the following menu points as can also be seen on the image below:
macOS Utilities File Edit Utilities Window
The macOS Utilities Setting Window | source: own image.
Click on Utilities and select Terminal to open the Mac Shell Terminal. It should appear a new window looking similar to this window:
The bash shell | source: own image.
Click in the terminal and type resetpassword. A new window will be opened with the header Reset password. On this window, you can see all user accounts with their names and profile pictures. Choose the user account for which you want to change the password. Type a new password and confirm it by clicking save. Your new password should now be set. Restart your Mac and login with your new password. It should work. In case it does not, this tutorial can be repeated multiple times. So in case you are forgetful, don’t worry. There is a solution.
Considering my slightly embarrassing situation, the presented solution was a quite quick and comfort fix. So, what can you take away from the story?Even if the quest seems difficult and unsolvable for you, be curious and brave. Go out there and try to find a solution.