Forgot Password

Squilly · Jan 27, 2013, 05:14 PM

I forgot the password on the Mac I just bought on Craigslist. Well... The seller never gave it to me in the first place. Without resetting the computer, is there any way I could reset the password or something? The username is "one" and the password hint is "one". Guess what... "one" isn't the password. -.-

Ccrew · Jan 27, 2013, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

I forgot the password on the Mac I just bought on Craigslist. Well... The seller never gave it to me in the first place. Without resetting the computer, is there any way I could reset the password or something? The username is "one" and the password hint is "one". Guess what... "one" isn't the password. -.-

Drop the seller a message and ask? Just a thought

Squilly · Jan 27, 2013, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ccrew

Drop the seller a message and ask? Just a thought

I did. Called him, no answer. Emailed him, no answer.

alphaod · Jan 27, 2013, 08:32 PM

I'd reinstall the OS if you bought a computer off Craigslist.

Squilly · Jan 27, 2013, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by alphaod

I'd reinstall the OS if you bought a computer off Craigslist.

Would I need to pay for the OS again? Or anything, for that matter? Nothing was installed afterwards.

Texran · Jan 27, 2013, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

Would I need to pay for the OS again? Or anything, for that matter? Nothing was installed afterwards.

What are the specs of the computer you bought.

Squilly · Jan 27, 2013, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Texran

What are the specs of the computer you bought.

256gb SSD, 16gb RAM, Retina, Nvidia GeForce GT 650m, 2.3GHz.

Spink10 · Jan 27, 2013, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

256gb SSD, 16gb RAM, Retina, Nvidia GeForce GT 650m, 2.3GHz.

You get this fixed or still need help?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274

justperry · Jan 27, 2013, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

I forgot the password on the Mac I just bought on Craigslist. Well... The seller never gave it to me in the first place. Without resetting the computer, is there any way I could reset the password or something? The username is "one" and the password hint is "one". Guess what... "one" isn't the password. -.-

You don't make any sense at all, first you say you forgot-then seller didn't give-then you say login is one/one.

I think this is fishy on it's own.

You probably bought a stolen one.

Spink10 · Jan 27, 2013, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by justperry

You don't make any sense at all, first you say you forgot-then seller didn't give-then you say login is one/one.

I think this is fishy on it's own.

You probably bought a stolen one.

He did get a steal of a deal - $1500

Doesn't mean it is stolen though.

justperry · 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Spink10

He did get a steal of a deal - $1500

Doesn't mean it is stolen though.

Where did he say it's was $1500.

Edit: Retina MacBook Pro 2.3ghz 16gb RAM $1500, but he didn't say it here.

Not only that, the seller doesn't respond!!!!

And, I said probably.

Edit: I just looked at his last few posts in history, something is strange here, he already started topics on:

What Could I Sell My rMBP For?

Can't Sign Into iMessage on Mac

In the same time span.

Squilly · Jan 28, 2013, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by justperry

Where did he say it's was $1500.

Edit: Retina MacBook Pro 2.3ghz 16gb RAM $1500, but he didn't say it here.

Not only that, the seller doesn't respond!!!!

And, I said probably.

Edit: I just looked at his last few posts in history, something is strange here, he already started topics on:

What Could I Sell My rMBP For?

Can't Sign Into iMessage on Mac

In the same time span.

I could explain those. The second one is related to this, since I don't know the password. The first one, I just wanted to know how much I could sell it for if I wanted to. Low ballets on Craigslist -.-

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Originally Posted by justperry

You don't make any sense at all, first you say you forgot-then seller didn't give-then you say login is one/one.

I think this is fishy on it's own.

You probably bought a stolen one.

I reiterated the title in the OP. Read.

eric/ · Jan 28, 2013, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

I forgot the password on the Mac I just bought on Craigslist. Well... The seller never gave it to me in the first place. Without resetting the computer, is there any way I could reset the password or something? The username is "one" and the password hint is "one". Guess what... "one" isn't the password. -.-

Did you try "1"?

Squilly · Jan 28, 2013, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by eric/

Did you try "1"?

Yes

Stetrain · Jan 28, 2013, 12:28 PM

You should really do a full re-install of the OS. You don't need to log in to the user account to do that as far as I know.

Just reboot your Mac and hold Command-R to boot into recovery mode. You should then be able to do a clean install of OSX without any user accounts being created.

I think this will solve a lot of your issues and it's a good idea anyway when buying a used computer. Who knows what the previous owner had installed.

Weaselboy · Jan 28, 2013, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

I forgot the password on the Mac I just bought on Craigslist. Well... The seller never gave it to me in the first place. Without resetting the computer, is there any way I could reset the password or something? The username is "one" and the password hint is "one". Guess what... "one" isn't the password. -.-

If you have Lion or Mountain Lion, do a command-r boot and follow this guide to reset the PW. If you are in a prior version of OS X, boot from the OS DVD and your will see a password reset utility in the Utilities menu of the startup screen.

eric/ · Jan 28, 2013, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

Yes

Damn, was hoping I'd look good with a dashing answer.

You should just restore it, what do you need on that user account anyway?

ThisIsNotMe · Jan 28, 2013, 01:49 PM

I would just boot into recovery mode, ERASE and repartition the drive, and then reinstall the os.

duervo · Jan 28, 2013, 01:51 PM

I'd try password1

... or a brute force using variations of that theme.

Squilly · Jan 28, 2013, 01:51 PM

I read about that. From what I saw, it doesn't erase the password or change user accounts. Deletes everything else though.

Squilly · Jan 28, 2013, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by duervo

I'd try password1

... or a brute force using variations of that theme.

I don't have a bruteforcer.

duervo · Jan 28, 2013, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

I don't have a bruteforcer.

Sure you do. You have two of them, with 4 fingers and a thumb on each.

bogatyr · Jan 28, 2013, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

I read about that. From what I saw, it doesn't erase the password or change user accounts. Deletes everything else though.

Hold CMD-R when you boot the laptop.
When in the recovery tool, open the disk management app.
Erase the drive.
Close disk management app.
Choose reinstall ML.

Done.

Several others have mentioned a reinstall and included links on how to do so. It is very simple and pretty much your one sound solution.

Squilly · Jan 28, 2013, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bogatyr

Hold CMD-R when you boot the laptop.
When in the recovery tool, open the disk management app.
Erase the drive.
Close disk management app.
Choose reinstall ML.

Done.

Several others have mentioned a reinstall and included links on how to do so. It is very simple and pretty much your one sound solution.

Does that erase the OS too?

madsci954 · Jan 28, 2013, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Squilly

Does that erase the OS too?

Yes but it will be restored like it was powered on for the first time.

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Jan 28, 2013, 12:28 PM	#15
Stetrain macrumors 68030 Join Date: Feb 2009	You should really do a full re-install of the OS. You don't need to log in to the user account to do that as far as I know. Just reboot your Mac and hold Command-R to boot into recovery mode. You should then be able to do a clean install of OSX without any user accounts being created. I think this will solve a lot of your issues and it's a good idea anyway when buying a used computer. Who knows what the previous owner had installed.
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Jan 28, 2013, 01:49 PM	#18
ThisIsNotMe macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2008	I would just boot into recovery mode, ERASE and repartition the drive, and then reinstall the os.
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Jan 28, 2013, 01:51 PM	#19
duervo macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2011	I'd try password1 ... or a brute force using variations of that theme.
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Jan 28, 2013, 01:51 PM	#20
Squilly Thread Starter In Time-Out Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: PA	I read about that. From what I saw, it doesn't erase the password or change user accounts. Deletes everything else though.
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