If a user forgot the administrator password, perhaps the simplest way (of several) would be to use that disc to set a new. In the early years of OS X, the Mac operating system was sold on a DVD. Type passwd username Return, replacing “username” with the short name of the account whose password you want.
At the chime hold down Command S on your keyboard to boot into single-user mode. Here are the instructions for 10.4 (Tiger) which is probably what's installed on such an old Mac: Power on your Mac. This is an easier and faster method than the approach taken for resetting lost passwords or using the Mac OS X boot DVD, because it’s changing an existing root users password rather than creating a new admin user account. The Mac will now boot as usual and you’ll have access to the machine with the new password. Reset Forgotten Admin Password on macOS Mojave and macOS Sierra Octo108 Comments The passwords for all accounts on macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS Sierra, OSX 10.11 El Capitan, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, OSX 10.9 Mavericks and OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion including admin and standard user accounts can be reset and changed when booted from the Recovery.
1Password is good, but there are many others to choose from, including LastPass, Dashlane, and mSecure.If you want to find more password management options, open the Mac App Store and search for the word password.
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