We tell you how to protect your data.
Have you forgotten the administrator password to turn on your Mac? Don't worry, Apple has a solution. In just a couple of minutes, you can easily reset your password and set a new one…
But ANY stranger who gets access to your Mac can do it.
Understanding this feature of OS X.
How to reset your MacBook password
Let's be optimistic and decide that it is you who needs to change the password on the MacBook, and not someone else.
So, after unsuccessful attempts to log into your account, the only solution left is to reset your password.
1. We need to turn off the laptop. While on the password entry screen, hold down the Power key until the MacBook turns off. Now turn on the MacBook and hold down the key combination Command+R. Hold until a thin loading bar appears.
2. We got into recovery mode. We open Utilities -> Terminal.
3. Enter the following command resetpassword and press Enter.
4. In the window that opens, enter New Password and, if necessary, a hint.
5. Just restart your Mac and sign in with a new password.
The system will immediately prompt you to update the password for Keychains, but without knowing the past password, you will not be able to do this.
After booting, OS X will begin to require you to enter the old keychain password. If you don't know him, it's best to create a new one. A bunch of keys(after all, you probably remember the passwords from account Apple ID and other services).
How to protect yourself from data theft
Until you enter the password for the old keychain, or create a new one, the system behaves extremely strange. Working with applications is very difficult - they freeze, slow down and stop responding.
However, copy the necessary information in this mode to external drive as easy as pie. And if your Mac has confidential information, you will undoubtedly notice her loss, but it will be too late.
In order to protect yourself from such a situation, it is enough to perform a few simple steps, which will protect you from such free access to password reset.
1. open Settings -> Security & Protection, remove the protection lock in the lower left corner and transfer to the tab File Vault.
2. Tap on the key Enable FileVault.
3. When asked by the system to select the type of unlock, select the option you are interested in. Allow my account iCloud entries unprotect my disk- more preferred. Click Continue.
Now it remains to wait until the system finishes encrypting the disk. The option of so many simple resets using the terminal will not work on an encrypted disk, and your data will be in perfect order.
Fair, not too high or too low. There should be prices on the Service website. Necessarily! without "asterisks", clear and detailed, where it is technically possible - the most accurate, final.
If spare parts are available, up to 85% percent of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs take much less time. The site indicates the approximate duration of any repair.
Warranty and Liability
A warranty should be given for any repair. Everything is described on the site and in the documents. A guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and enough. It is needed to check the quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that you will be helped.
Half the success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so a good service works directly with suppliers, there are always several reliable channels and a warehouse with proven spare parts for current models so that you do not have to waste extra time.
Free diagnostics
This is very important and has already become a rule of good taste for service center. Diagnosis is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you should not pay a dime for it, even if you do not repair the device after it.
Service repair and delivery
Good service appreciates your time, therefore offers free shipping. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of the service center: it can be done correctly and according to technology only at a prepared place.
Convenient schedule
If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient in order to be in time before and after work. Good service works on weekends and holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00
The reputation of professionals consists of several points
Age and experience of the company
Reliable and experienced service is known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years, and it has managed to establish itself as an expert, they turn to it, write about it, recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the SC are restored.
We are trusted and passed on complex cases to other service centers.
How many masters in the directions
If you are always waiting for several engineers for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken care of immediately.
2. You give Macbook repair to an expert specifically in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices
technical literacy
If you ask a question, the specialist must answer it as accurately as possible.
To give you an idea of what you need.
Will try to solve the problem. In most cases, from the description, you can understand what happened and how to fix the problem.
To log into a computer, you need user password. It may also be requested when installing some user programs. It is set during the first setup of the computer, it can be set when adding a new account. But the situation in which the user cannot remember his password and log in is not uncommon. The user forgot the password on the Macbook - what to do? There are several options:
- Restore via Apple ID.
- Use boot disk.
- Reset via recovery mode.
First of all, you can try to get a hint about set password- maybe it will come out to remember on their own. To do this, the wrong password is entered three times, after which the hint you recorded appears on the screen.
Recovery via Apple ID
How to reset your password via Apple ID is described in detail on the website technical support. On operating systems from the tenth and higher, the system is tied to an Apple ID, therefore, at the stage of setting up a computer, it is better to leave a checkmark next to the item "password reset using my Apple ID".
You enter the wrong password three times, the system offers to recover, and not just offers a hint. You agree, enter your ID and click on "reset password". A new keychain is created, while the old one remains. If you remember your previous password, you can use it again.
Using a boot disk
To change the password through the boot disk, you need this same boot disk. The latest Macbook models do not come with installation discs at all, so this method is only suitable for users who originally had it and have not lost it anywhere. You can also pre-order bootable flash drive in the event of such force majeure.
- Insert disc.
- Hold down the "C" key while booting the computer.
- Wait for the installer to appear.
- Open the "Utilities" tab.
- Select Password Reset.
- Select the disk where the system is located and the user profile on which you want to reset the password.
- Enter the "resetpassword" command.
- Press Enter.
- Enter a new user password.
After the MacBook password has been reset, you can restart the laptop and safely enter a new one.
recovery mode
Resetting a MacBook password via recovery mode does not require an ID or installation disk. For this you will need:
- Press Command + R when rebooting.
- Wait for the transition to recovery mode.
- Choose the bootloader language.
- Through the "Utilities" panel, go to the "Terminal" tab.
- In the text box that appears, type "resetpassword" and then press Enter.
- Choose a disk and an account.
- Reset your old password.
- Enter the new one twice in the window that appears.
- Confirm the change.
After the reboot, a new bundle is created, which you can safely use.
Anything can happen in life, for example, you suddenly inherited a MacBook or iMac from your great-grandmother. Well, or another computer made by Apple. Everything is fine, you are glad that happiness has fallen, euphoria is gradually replaced by the realization that the password from the computer is unknown, and, in general, there is no one to ask it. What to do in this case - read on.
Of course, everything that is described here, you will do at one's own risk and nothing to complain about. And of course, it is understood that such procedures will only be carried out if you actually do not know the password from your great-grandmother's MacBook.
You can describe the process from the point of view of the guru command line, but it is not advisable to do this, since the great-grandmother's macbook, apparently, is your first macbook, so the main thing is as simple and clear as possible. How to get the most important and important password - Administrator password!
To start:
- Command+S, copy-paste does not work here!
- Wait until the lines of code run through, then carefully enter the command. This spell will make file system suitable for reading and writing:
- Look for your great-grandmother's short system nickname:
- Kill great-grandmother's Keychain. Please note: instead of “nickname”, you substitute the one that you found by the previous team, this is important!
- Reboot Mac:
As a result, on the next boot, OS X will create a new Keychain, and great-grandmother will have nothing to do with it.
Now let's get down to the most important and interesting thing - we take control of the Mac into our own hands, resetting the most important and important Administrator password. There are a couple of options for how to do this, you can choose any. And if you're not tired yet, let's continue.
1. Use a bunch of commands:
- Boot into Single User Mode: when booting, immediately hold down Command+S, copy-paste does not work here!
- Wait for the lines of code to run through, then carefully enter, the spell will make the file system readable and writable:
- Open manually Open Directory - a thing that manages all accounts on the computer (on Mac OS 10.6 and earlier, this thing will not work - it simply is not there):
- Again, look for the short system nickname of your great-grandmother, or the account whose password you need to reset. Remember:
- Here you replace the “nickname” with the name obtained by the previous command:
If something like this suddenly pops up, don't be scared, just ignore it:
Launchctl: Couldn't stat("/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServicesLocal.plist"): No such file or directory nothing found to load
- Enter a new password!
- Reboot Mac:
2. Use three times fewer commands:
OS X is very easy to cheat. For example, to make the system think that it has not yet been thought of being installed. To do this, you just need to delete one file, it says that the installation of OS X is complete, let him “think differently”, as Jobs bequeathed!
- Again, boot into "Single User Mode": when loading, immediately clamp Command+S, copy-paste does not work here!
- Wait for the lines of code to run through, then carefully enter the command, the spell will make the file system readable and writable:
- Delete the same file:
Reboot Mac:
As a result, you get a brand new Mac, as if only from the store. Set up the account again, as after installing the system. Moreover, the data of other accounts (and great-grandmother's too) will remain untouched. Unless you enter a username, which is already in the system.
3. Use "Recovery Mode"
- Boot into "Recovery Mode": when loading, immediately clamp Alt (Option), here we need a disk called "Recovery"
- Through the "Utilities" menu, select the "Terminal" program
- Enter the command, it will bring up a dialog box for resetting the necessary and important Administrator password:
- In the dialog box that appears, select the boot disk, account, enter a new password with confirmation and select a question to restore it
- Click "Save" and reboot using the appropriate menu item "Apple". Grandma would be proud of you!
In fact, it is not clear: impenetrable OS X and such "failures" in security! Things like this can easily help attackers get hold of the contents of any Mac. Although, on the other hand, if it were not provided for the possibility of accessing the Mac bypassing the Administrator account, then, say, having lost or forgotten the password, without an installation disk at hand, you can forever say goodbye to all information. But this is only if the great-grandmother did not enable FileVault disk encryption - none of the above methods will work then.
Since the introduction of the Touch ID fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5s, many developers have thought about integrating its functionality on the Mac through wireless channels connections. Initially similar solutions were available exclusively to users of iDevices since , however, with the release macOS Sierra Apple Allows Macs to Be Unlocked Using Apple Watch. iPhone and iPad owners can use third party application macid.
The principle of the program is quite simple - on the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, special software is installed that allows the computer to transfer mobile device identification request. The user only needs to touch the Touch ID sensor or enter the lock code (for older devices), thereby confirming their identity. Interestingly, unlike a number of similar solutions, MacID can be used even without running special application on an iOS device, right from the lock screen (thanks to sending interactive push notifications from a Mac). 
In addition, the MacID app allows you to:
- create a Mac lock icon on your iPhone or iPad screen;
- configure Mac unlock through a specific press on the surface of the trackpad or Magic Mouse;
- Set your Mac to automatically lock when you leave your computer.
Data transmission is carried out exclusively via Bluetooth Low Energy, hence the requirements for devices - MacBook 2015 and newer, MacBook Air and Mac Mini 2011 and newer, Macbook Pro and iMac 2012 and up, Mac Pro 2013 and up, iPhone 4s and up, iPad mini, iPad 4 and up, Apple Watch. Minimum versions operating systems: OS X Yosemite and iOS 8. The application uses 256-bit AES encryption, which ensures that data is not intercepted by third parties.
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