Note that y ou can create a Recovery USB drive too -> If you forget your password with FileVault, you lost your data. Finally, reboot, and you will have changed the user password successfully. If your Mac has got a wireless keyboard, press them when you hear the startup sound. If you have a Mac with Internet Recovery, read ->. In that case, you are forced to reset the password through OS X Recovery.
Sometimes it is not possible to log in your user if you forgot its password. Choose the user you want to change the password to and select Change Password. You should see all the user accounts in the sidebar.
You can only follow these steps if you still remember your password:
If you can log in your user account and you remember your password: There are two ways to reset the user password in OS X Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks: Although this was an easy process in Mac OS X Snow Leopard and older, there are a few things you have to know if you want to do it in any OS X version later than Lion (10.7). Some users want or have to change their user password. 27 18 likes 167,045 views Last modified 6:44 AM
