#Reset password on macbook pro 2016 mac os x#
#Reset password on macbook pro 2016 install#

Given that Open Firmware no longer exists on Intel Macs, I was surprised to see this utility included on the Install DVD for my new iMac. The utility bypasses the need to otherwise enable this option by booting into Open Firmware at startup. If enabled, this offers a security protection that prevents users from starting up the Mac via anything other than the internal drive - unless you supply the Open Firmware password. This utility, on PowerPC Macs, provides a simple graphical user interface for setting an Open Firmware password. It still includes a utility called Open Firmware Password.

#Reset password on macbook pro 2016 mac os x#

But I just checked the /Applications/Utilities folder on the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 DVD that came with my Intel Mac.

Hopefully, this is a matter Apple will address fairly soon. Unfortunately, Apple has not yet provided any user interface to the EFI, nor any guidelines as to what commands to use to accomplish what Open Firmware previously did. This means that Open Firmware commands (such as reset-nvram, a fix occasionally recommended on MacFixIt) no longer function. Holding down the Command-Option-O-F keys at startup, which brings up the Open Firmware command line interface in PowerPC Macs, does nothing on Intel Macs. Open Firmware is the name for the firmware found on all PowerPC Macs. Does the shift to EFI mean that Open Firmware is gone on Intel Macs? PLEASE tell me there is something I can do? I'm desperate Is there anyway to make the MBPro boot from the harddrive again, or is there a reset button on the motherboard?

Im desperate because later today Im being interviewed about my mac and tech in general, and i really need my notes and stuff on the mac, plus it would be so embarrassing that iv'e set a password i cant remember - might as well cancel the interview :-( I have tried to remove the 1gig ram block, that should reset the password in the old Open Firmware macs but no dice! I had forgotten about the EF passeord, so I set the startup disk to be the DVD drive, and now I cant get the machine to boot from its harddrive, so I have no access to my data. The problem is even bigger, because I wanted to repair permissions yesterday and thus booted from the indtall dvd. I've been googleing the subject, but there seems to be nothing about resetting the MB Pros Extensible Firmware. I set it to something complicated but memorable. Some weeks ago, i set the firmware password on m y MacBook Pro. EcauwHi all, i've really screwed up, and need your help urgently.