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Mac OSX: Reset Administrator Password Without The Install CD

InsightsBy alex June 12, 2010 29 Comments

Yesterday afternoon a friend dropped his computer by so I could make it go a bit faster which I initially thought must just be some application using up a ton of resources or something. The issue ended up being that the computer was an older PowerPC G4 running Mac OSX 10.3 that didn’t have a…

How To Boot Mac OSX Into Single User Mode

InsightsBy alex June 11, 2010 Leave a comment

Booting Mac OSX into single user mode is fairly easy though I did run into an issue when using a Windows USB keyboard. Single user mode will allow you to modify the system without logging in for items such as changing the Mac OSX administrator password. Follow the directions below to boot into single user…