A little bit of a path right here; I am going to attempt to be concise (bullets normally do the trick!):

  • Began up my outdated iMac G3; it auto-logged into my son’s account (person: spencer).
  • Tried to change to MY account (person: dad) however it prompted me for the password and I couldn’t keep in mind it
  • Turned off auto-login (that was a mistake as, upon reboot, it confirmed each accounts and I didn’t know the password for both. Could not go wherever from there.
  • I purchased a set of Panther set up CDs, inserted within the iMac’s CD tray and pressed ‘C’ as I restarted. It didn’t see the CD and went proper to the person login display
  • I assumed maybe I might use goal disk mode to hook up with my Intel MB Professional by way of firewire after which use the Panther installer working on my MB Professional to alter the password. Sadly, holding down ‘t’ at iMac startup didn’t put it into goal disk mode
  • I researched and located single person mode, in addition to the process for altering the password on pre-10.7. Not one of the instructions labored.
  • Lastly, I used to be in a position to make use of rm -v /var/db/.AppleSetupDone to carry up the brand new person panels so I might create a brand new person admin account.
  • I’m able to get so far as the person and password creation panel however there aren’t any profile pictures out there to pick out and — I feel — that stops the ‘Proceed’ button from activating (see display shot)

Any ideas, people?

I am questioning if I ought to simply chew the bullet, open up the iMac and put the exhausting drive in my OWC Common Arduous Drive adaptor, mount it on my MB Professional and do the change password with the Panther installer.

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