Reset mac sierra password in recovery mode running inside VirtualBox

in #utopian-io • 8 years ago (edited)

Overview

In this tutorial we will learn how to reset mac sierra password in recovery mode running inside VirtualBox. In this tutorial we will see what option available to enter into recovery mode and reset password on Mac, Windows and Linux.

Problem

If you forgot mac sierra password and you are running mac sierra on VirtualBox it is difficult to enter into recovery mode since Command (⌘)+R doesn't work on VirtualBox and if you are running VirtualBox on windows and linux keyword layout is also different so it is a problem.

Note

If your data is very important and you are afraid to try please clone mac sierra image and try this solution on it.

Requirements

  • Any OS (Mac, Windows, Linux)
  • VirtualBox
  • Mac Sierra VirtualBox image

Solution

Open VirtualBox and run mac sierra image, when mac image starts then start pressing F12 to enter into boot menu, screen will look like this

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Select Boot Manager and hit enter

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Select EFI Internal Shell and hit enter

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Now UEFI Interactive Shell will appear

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Enter FS2: and hit enter, please note command ends with :

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Now type cd com.apple.recovery.boot and hit enter

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Enter boot.efi and hit enter

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Now the process starts

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After 1 or 2 minutes depends on system speed it will open this screen

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Select language and hit next arrow button

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Next macOS Utilities window appears

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Goto to Menu Bar and select Utilities and then select Terminal

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Now the Terminal will appear

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In Terminal type resetpassword and hit enter

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Reset Password window appears here we can select account and click Next button

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In this screen enter new password and click Next button

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Now password has been reset successfully. Now click Restart button to restart machine

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Now enter new password that we reset and login

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Since it is a new password click on Create New Keychain button

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That's it we have successfully reset password

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     8 years ago  

    Your contribution cannot be approved because it does not refer to or relate to an open-source repository. See here for a definition of "open-source."

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    • macOS is not open source

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     8 years ago  

    please note that this tutorial is about VirtualBox i updated post to point to another opensource repo of VirtualBox. I can show you utopian tutorials done on VIrtualBox and got accepted. Please reconsider it this tutorial will be very helpful who are using VirtualBox and forgot there mac password

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       8 years ago  

      these are some of tutorials done on VIrtualBox and accepted

      https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@faisalamin/how-to-run-live-android-nougat-on-windows-os-using-oracle-virtualbox

      https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@mohsan0073/how-to-use-live-android-on-ubuntu-using-vbox

      This tutorials is about VirtualBox if you forgot mac pass on VIrtualBox then how to reset it. can you reconsider it please

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