Posted: Fri Jun 02, 17 7:07 pm Post subject: Mac password recovery
A friend of my MILs husband has died unfortunately he never told his wife the password. How does she go about recovering the password or otherwise gaining access to the computer?
did they write it down, i keep all of mine in a book cos i forget most of them. it might be worth a look
could it be guessed, password, pets names, dob, etc etc etc. (see below re x times and you are out)
there are password crackers available that can deal with simple ones by trial and error applied many times . the more characters , case changes and symbols the longer it takes and see next point
does a mac give you a limited number of goes before it locks for good?
a mate of mine cracked my previous main one in under ten mins using simple software even though it was rated good by many systems, a decent pooter security bod might be able to help.
unless the disk is encrypted there are ways to copy the data without using that hd as the operating system. again a pooter security bod might be of help.
encryption adds a whole new world of tricky, do macs encrypt as standard ? ( my linux system {on the steam punk server you gave me} does but only the ms machine tweaked by above mate did of many ms systems i have had . )
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