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  • @sexy9091000 - If you don't have an apple button you need to use ctrl

  • were is the apple button

  • do we add the quotation marks.? are jus the letters.?

  • @2420thugmisses the quotation is just indicating what to write.

  • will this work for a 2011 mac book pro?

  • works it with lion???

  • and al my data, is it deleted after this? and what happens with the other admin account?

  • lol doesnt work, extremely outdated.

  • @lolfag3 I think i need somthing even more outdated!

  • did you use windows movie maker?

  • Thanks man

  • Can Someone please help.

    I can type in everything and it accepts everything but as soon and i type reboot and press enter, it just takes be back to my desktop and no video comes up. What do I do?

    Someone please help!!

  • worked great thanks alot!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Does doing this delete programs, text edits ect?

  • at 0:38 do i need to type in the "???

  • it didnt work

    

  • HEy man sick vid but uhhhh At my skol we get laptops nd i have alot of work thn shit on it sooo if i reset it will it like delete all my programs and stuff like that?

  • Ok I did this and I'm at the video and the setup part that appears to be setting up a new Mac. If I continue will all my data be deleted?? If so how do I undo this? Please respond! :)

  • Whn I finish everything put in all my info It doesn't create my account it takes me back to set up main language part wat do I do

  • yes but what happens if startup keys are disabled?

  • This erase the Programs installed?

    When I bought the Mac (used), it had installed the Adobe Suite CS4 and Office. I want to keep them, because I don't have the installation CDs.

    If I reset the account, what will happen to the programs?

  • how do i delete the account ive just made

  • but if I restart, i won't know what to do next.

  • thannnnkkk youuu

  • YEAH  it works IT WORKS

  • umm is there a way to do this on the mac os x that is a desktop and not a laptop? I can't find any videos for that... restarting and pressing apple+s doesn't work!!

  • hen i start it says Localhost:/ please help

  • i have a white mac book and all it does wen i turn it on is show the apple and a loadin bar underneath it........then the bar disappears and it just sits there

  • Hi Just tried this and now my mac is dead It just has the spinning circle

  • it wont work when i press the apple s button. ive tried a billion times already. HELP do i need to do change something to do it?

  • @ingloeski the apple button is the command button!

  • I have the same laptop, bit what is the apple button? There is no apple button...

  • @TomenGage1 this the command button on newer keyboards, also know as the ⌘ key. if you still haven't found it it is the two keys located directly on both the left and right sides of the space bar.

  • IT DOESNT WORK FOR ME :(

  • worked the first time i tried it THNX!

    BTW i have an ibook G3 900 mghz os X.4.11

    Thanks again

  • Hi, can you help with a Windows Vista issue? All of a suddent three days ago, when I tried to log in, I got this message: "The user profile service has failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded." I am the administrator and have Windows 7 Professional installed on my computer. Luckily, I have my Mom on as another account and have been able to get on the internet using her account. But I can't login as the administrator! Can you help?

  • i tried everything on yours and some other peoples video but it still is not working

    do have any other helpful advice because it is telling me to make mods to files i first need to type in /sbin/fsck -y and it still does not work.

  • i did everything right, but my mac turned the new account i made into a standard account

  • Thanks dude! It worked for me.

  • awesome i have been tryna change my admin account for months !! thankss ! really helpfull .. ;)

    -subs-

  • Thank you very much, it doesnt ruin anything

    

  • Hi Im watching all this tutorials and i see that none of the other mac in single mode has localhost : / root as a start.

    They are all with only : / root

    Mine has localhost and thats why it does not work .

    Can u help me?

  • do you need that mac cd

    

  • i get the video thing and when i try to get passed the transfer data from my old mac it freezes

  • hi, I put those codes on my mac and it says "device is write locked" what can I do?

  • Will this delete any files?

  • Will this change any of my files?

  • I've never worked on a iBook and got this one free. This instructional tutorial REALLY WORKED! Just got to pay attention to the spaces. Sorry, but I hate the song. Thanks

  • the video thing isnt happening for me its just taking me to the same screen again

  • did it know it keeps going to setup over and over never creates the actual account

  • when in the title it said 'MAC' u sayed the worst os ever. and to go with that, you picked a gay song. Whats wrong with this world?

  • hey

    when i do the instructions and then when i finished it dosnt show the video or let me make an admin acount it just goes to a white page with the mac logo on it and it loads then it comes into my login page! so it means tha i cant make an admin?

  • I hate this song. Good tip though.

  • hey every one, i thought it didnt work, but play close attention to spaces, It works!!!YES!!. got a free eMac from some elder but she said she didnt know that passwords, this video made my day.

  • what is the apple button

  • wait, does this restart EVERYTHING on your mac?

  • THANKS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Do I lose my data or any apps and program if i rebbot

  • hey, ive made this shit for like 20 times and it just goes back like if anything didnt happen, i live in mexico, i dont know if that makes any difference please reply

  • whats the apple button on the keyboard ?

  • worked great thanks!

    5 stars

  • ur the fucking best man i love you no homol thanks alot for help

  • ok i hold the apple button and the letter s and it didnt do anythank at all i did it like 6time's

  • awesome song ._.!!!name of dat song!!

  • @thegostofshaman it's PLAIN WHITE T'S - HEY THERE DELILAH :)

  • @thegostofshaman how bout you look in the description dummy its right there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • will it work on powerbook G4?

  • yup it sure will, just make sure you follow the instructions perfectly and it will work!!

  • @MJR5123 Thanks for the info. It worked! (: which is the quickest way i can get intouch with u? aim? I checked ur twitter u barley use it.

  • just add me as a friend!! I am now focusing on this channel again and I will let you know an email, aim etc that I will be making soon so you can get in contact with me , don't forget to subscribe!!!

  • @iRockSolo1 Hey... im worried my mac will brake..... is this thing secure?!

  • how do u stop people hacking your mac like this ? because they could do the same again?

  • yo i tyed to do it and it always freezes is their a way to cancel it?

  • press it as soon as you hear the start up chime!!

  • what happens when i try wrong passwords again and again like 15 times or something will it block me out or what would happen i have the new macbook .Thanks.

  • yo does it also work on a mac ibook g4?

  • yeah, that was the first computer I ever tried this on!!

  • Hey please help I tried doing that and it work perfectly but know when I am setting up the new account it keeps on making set it up over and over again..

  • will this delete anything other than my password?

  • do i hold apple and s at the sign in screen?

  • doesn't work with tiger

  • It does, make sure you are typing it correctly!!

  • Whats the apple button?

  • the button on your apple keyboard that has an apple on it!!

  • @MJR5123 what if i dont have an apple keyboard just an old usb keyboard with a windows logo insted of apple?

  • cool man thanks

  • dude is it works, thanks for the help i was having hard time with some shit pasword but now i even deleted that old account thanks a lot!!!

  • do we have to put " them in it?

  • its probably cause i have a school laptop and they blocked that kind of shit

  • doesnt work can you help ?

  • dude it does work, i did it on my macbook and imac and mac mini and it worked on all of them, make sure that you typed it out right

  • i was told to enter this at the very first, /sbin/mount -uw /

    does that work too?

  • it just adds an extra one !!!

  • thanks a lot .. this video really  helped me ...

  • i would do this but whenever i try to do the apple+s it dosent work and i no im doing it right.

  • when you turn you comp off, then on again while it loads everything you gotta hold down apple+s . should work

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  • works 100 percent thanks i rebooted it and it works great

  • Works like a charm. just did it... thanks for the knowledge.

  • This works great !!!! Thanks

  • hey does this delete all your files in the mac files like music pictures you know those things

  • No.

  • will this delete everything on ur comp? and whats the point of doing this? what does it do for ur comp? help me please.

  • does this erase all other accounts or just adds an extra one?

  • when it says rm/var/db/.AppleSetupDone is there any spaces

  • Amazing . Works perfectly

  • its all a lie doesnt work

  • it isn't i did this 3 times on 3 differant macs, make sure your reading it right

  • if you used software update this last week, there was a 10.5.8 Leopard update that now blocks this. The message it gives you after "rm/private/var/db/.AppleSetup­Done" is "This file is forbidden"

  • look above 1 comment

  • yeah whats the name of the song?

  • whats the name of the song

  • hey there Delilah - plain white tees

  • are you sure, i used to own a mackbook and it worked perfectly for me

  • it didnt work for me :( i tried it so many times :( i have Macbook OS X :(

    I NEED UR HELP PLS

  • it should work. try it out

  • hey, i have a school macbook laptop. i was wondering if this thing will work on it? this would be a lot of help. thank you

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