- First of you have to turn off (Shut Down) your system.
- Now you turn the computer back on but while it turns on hold down the combination “Command+R” and don’t release it until the Recovery Utilities comes up.
- At the top of the screen you should see a menu called “Utilities”, go ahead and click on that and select “Terminal”
- In here you simply type “resetpassword”
- Now you a window should open allowing you to reset your password for your administrator account.
- Once you are finished resetting the password you need to quit reset password from the menu bar at the top, then select restart.
- And you are finished! Your administrator password should be reset to what you set it to.