That’s smart on Apple’s part, to deter hacking. Even after clicking the Change Password… button, you’ll make infinite attempts without being offered the opportunity. Interestingly, this option doesn’t come into play while you’re in the User & Groups pane. It’s worth confirming it now to make sure…while you still remember the administrative password! Take this precaution on your own computer, as well as your parents’ and children’s machines. This option is turned on by default in the Users & Groups System Preferences pane. This week I was working on the same issue for a senior citizen and was delighted to make use of a feature in OSX 10.9 Mavericks: Allow User to Reset Password Using Apple ID. Neither of those solutions were possible for a home user to figure out. I booted into her Recovery Disk and reset his password from there.īut Apple’s come a long way. Three years ago, another client running OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard had it a little easier.
I had to go so far as to create a new Root User account and administer her account from there. Several years ago, I was helping a client upgrade her Mac running OSX 10.5 Leopard, but she couldn’t remember her administrative password.
