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Troubleshooting with Single User Mode

Problem If your Mac is having any of the following issues, try running Safe Boot first and if that does not work, try Single User Mode as detailed below. Flashing question mark appears when trying to boot Gray screen with a stuck or always showing progress bar White or Blue Screen upon boot Unable to… Continue reading Troubleshooting with Single User Mode

Published October 9, 2012
Categorized as Mac Tagged Mac, single user mode, startup

No admin accounts on Mac

Problem There are no admin accounts on your Mac. All the users are standard users. Solution Hold cmd + S when turning the Mac on to boot into Single User Mode. 2. Type mount -uw / and press Enter. 3. Type rm /var/db/.applesetupdone and press Enter. 4. type reboot and press Enter. This will restart… Continue reading No admin accounts on Mac

Published March 24, 2010
Categorized as Mac Tagged admin, Mac, single user mode
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