How do I return my iMac to factory settings?
How do I erase everything on my Mac and start over?
How do I restore my iMac to factory settings without CD?
Open the “Erase” tab. Select “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” from the “Format:” drop menu and enter a name for the hard drive in the “Name:” text entry field. Click “Erase” to clear all of the hard drive’s contents. Choose the “Quit Disk Utility” option to exit the disk formatting tool.
How do I factory reset my iMac 2014?
Restart the Mac in Recovery Mode (hold down Command and the R key during restart). Use Disk Utility to erase the hard drive. Click on Disk Utility > Continue. Select the main volume and click Unmount then Erase).
How do I factory reset my iMac without password?
First you’ll need to turn off your Mac. Then press the power button and immediately hold down the Control and R keys until you see the Apple logo or spinning globe icon. Release the keys and shortly afterwards you should see the macOS Utilities window appear.
How do I reset the administrator password on my iMac?
Here’s how to do that:
- Restart your Mac.
- While it is restarting, press and hold the Command + R keys until you see the Apple logo.
- Go to the Apple Menu at the top and click Utilities.
- Then click Terminal.
- Type “resetpassword” in the terminal window.
- Then hit Enter.
- Type your password and a hint.
- Finally, click Restart.
How do I recover my Mac administrator username and password?
Restart the Mac while holding down the Command+R keyboard combination to enter the macOS Recovery partition. Release the keys when you see the Apple logo on the screen. Select Utilities > Terminal to open a Terminal window. Type resetpassword and press Return to open the Reset Password screen.
How can I get admin access to a Mac without knowing the current password?
Create a new admin account
- Hold ⌘ + S on startup.
- mount -uw / ( fsck -fy is not needed)
- rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone.
- reboot.
- Go through the steps of creating a new account.
- After logging in to the new account, go to the Users & Groups preference pane.
- Select the old account, press the Reset Password
Why is my admin password not working Mac?
This will perhaps be the easiest approach in most cases, and can be done with the following procedure: Reboot into Recovery mode or Internet Recovery by holding Command-R at startup. Choose Terminal in the Utilities menu. Enter resetpassword (all one word, and lowercase) in the Terminal window and press Return.
How do you unlock a locked IMAC?
How do you unlock the administrator account on a Mac?
Launch System Preferences by clicking its Dock icon, or by selecting System Preferences from the Apple menu. In the System Preferences window, open the Users & Groups preference pane. Click the padlock icon in the lower left corner, and then enter your administrator password. Click the Unlock button.
Why can’t I delete admin account on Mac?
Please open system preferences > users and groups > open pad lock ( enter admin name & password ) , select the user that is to be deleted , click on minus sign on bottom side . A window appears select the last option as in screen shot .