So, I got my first Mac, always been a PC guy. Long story short I messed up my user settings and was unable to gain administrator "root" to change some things. Anyways after researching I found out I could boot into Single user "superuser/root" by holding down Comand+S during boot, which gave me root access from the command line. From there all I did was type in "resetpassword" and was able to change without imputing the old password. My question is why even create a password in the first place if it's so easy to change? Maybe it makes sense to you guys, but coming from the PC platform it's kinda head scratching.
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht204455
Firmware Password
A firmware password prevents users who don't have the password from starting up from any disk other than the designated startup disk.
https://support.apple.com/en-hk/HT201255
Mac startup key combinations
Single user mode is disabled after you set a firmware password.
Firmware Password
A firmware password prevents users who don't have the password from starting up from any disk other than the designated startup disk.
https://support.apple.com/en-hk/HT201255
Mac startup key combinations
Single user mode is disabled after you set a firmware password.
Just curious and nitpicking. Why call it firmware password, firmware to me means upgrading the bios of motherboards and video cards PCB? isn't this just equivalent to the "bios" password for the motherboard? Why not just call it a bios password?