recovering lost passwords (mac os 10.3)
Bill McGonigle
bill at bfccomputing.com
Sun Dec 5 14:47:00 EST 2004
On Dec 5, 2004, at 11:19, Steven C. Peterson wrote:
> i just bought a mac off ebay and it came with out any disks and all
> locked up, i know about the command + s to boot to single user mode
You probably have an open-firmware password set.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482
So you need to reset the PRAM/NVRAM. Like Michael said pulling the
battery will often work. You didn't mention which model you got but
most of them have a reset switch on the mainboard (desktops) or under
the keyboard (laptops). It's a little round black surface mounted
switch about a quarter inch in diameter. Hold it down for 1-8 seconds
(model variations) and it will clear the RAM where the password is set.
> the seller speilaize in off lease computers and want $130 for a copy
> of os 10 for it.
If this thing has no disks you'll need a disk and an OS. As all Macs
come with the OS I suspect any machead would be happy to copy the OS
that came with that model for you.
-Bill
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