Modify your Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Password with 2 Simple Technique

Are you having problems to reset password at Mac OS X 10.7? Yes, it though was quite easy to perform with password reset tool at utilities menu but its sad that it is no more accessible. Cheer up. You still have major 2 choices to reset it. They are as follows: e approaches to resetting a lost user password in OS X 10.7, this walkthrough will cover 2 Simple methods

Method 1

This method is unique to Lion. What you have to do is

·        First of all boot from built in lion recovery HD partition or Lion disk maker tool

·        Now hold “Option” at boot and select the “Recovery” disk at the boot menu

·        Have patience and wait and Mac OS X Utilities menu will appear. Now you are in the recovery mode

·        Simply click utilities menu and select “Terminal”

·        Now Type “reset password”

·        Finally confirm user account and then the password change and reboot Mac OS X 10.7 as usual with your new password

Yes, its done. Now the recovery partitions are standard with Lion. This has replaced the “Reset Password” menu item that used to be in place prior to OS X 10.7. This was one of the 2 original methods of resetting a Mac OS X 10.6 or prior password.

If this doesnt work, use the second method.

Method 2

This method is traditional workaround to reset a password. This is done by deleting AppleSetupDone and Creating a new administrative account.

•           First delete AppleSetup file that force“Welcome to Mac OS X” setup assistant to run again, which allows you to create an administrative account.

•           Now  login to that new administrative account and reset your original account password.

•           Now from the Recovery Drive’s Terminal, type:

•           rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

•           Now reboot through the menu item or by typing ‘reboot’ into the command line.

•           Then simply follow all the setup procedure as before -create your new administrative

•           Use your patience to boot Mac OS X to boot as usual into the new user account. Here familiar files or setting cant be seen

•           Now go to “System Preferences” and click on “Users & Groups”

•           Again click lock icon in the lower left corner and authenticate, allowing you to make changes to user accounts

•           Now choose your original user account from the left side Users list, and then click on the “Reset Password” button on the right

·        Click enter and confirm the new password

·        Finally close  System Preferences and reboot

Now its done. Even the original user account with the new password you just set can be logged in. And then you can return to User & Groups and delete the temporary admin account you created.

So, these are the 2 methods. Isnt it simple? You can boot  using USB Lion install drive , but it’s recommended to use Recovery disk that for it is quicker as OS X Lion installations is already active.

ENJOY RESETTING