Thursday, October 29, 2009

How to disable parental controls on a Mac or get onto an administrator account without the administrator password

Okay, here's how to disable parental controls on a Mac! You can also use this hack to log on to an administrator's account without originally knowing their password.

1) Disabling/ changing parental controls

  1. Turn off the computer by holding down on the power button
  2. Press the power button to turn it on again
  3. Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
  4. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):
    • mount -uw /
    • rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
    • shutdown -h now
  5. This fools your mac into thinking this was the first time you ever created an account. Your computer will start up and you'll have to go through the process for creating a new account. Click "Do not transfer my data" and fill in all the questions that you have to fill in like your name, address, and new password. Do not create a new Mac ID.
  6. When you're done, your computer should shut down.
  7. Turn it on again and log in as your new account.
  8. This account should automatically be an administer account, so click the apple on the gray bar at the top of your computer and select System Preferences. 
  9. When, you've gotten to system preferences, click on the accounts button. It has two black silhouettes of the head and shoulders of a person.
  10. When you've got to accounts, click the lock in the bottom left to make changes and type in your password. 
  11. There should be a column with a list of accounts on your computer. Click on your old account (not the new, administrator one). there should be a check-box that says "Enable parental controls". Uncheck it or mess around with parental controls on that account.
  12. if you want to hack into someone else's account on that computer, click their account. Where it says username and password, the password should be all bullets. Delete their password and in the confirm password box delete their password again. Next type in your own password that only you know. (P.S. Only do this with their permission!)
  13. X out of system preferences and log out of your new administrator account. Log into the account whose password you changed using the password you changed it to.
Okay! You're done.

P.S. Only do most of this stuff with permission from the person whose computer/account it is. 


To Avoid these types of hack remember to block single user mode by setting a firmware password and don’t forget the password :)

32 comments:

  1. what is the apple key??????

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  2. is apple + s or just apples

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  3. I done this on my Mac and it broke!!!

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  4. R u sure itll work?

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  5. Worked perfectly for me!!! Thanks you!!! <333

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  6. Thank you SO much O-O
    You saved my job.
    Literally I was assigned a work laptop and mistakenly checked parental control and locked myself out :/ Signed- notacomputerwiz

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  7. I think that parents should use some means of control to the normal extent, so that they can be aware of their childern's life. for this purpose, I use homework help online services.

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  8. does this delete anything on the computer?

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    1. no your old account stays in your computer

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  9. olivia it does work for 2014 mac i tried it today

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  10. Will it work on network accounts? I want to do it at school.

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    1. I'm sorry but it wont work. You need to move BITCH!

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  11. Does it work for a 2014 Mac? I need to know cuz mine broke. When I hit enter it shut down and it won't restart

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  12. soz its not working coz i exactly punched this in:
    mount -uw /
    rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
    shutdown -h now
    PLEASE HELP MEEE

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  13. I tried it on an iMac; there is no audible chime. Get your shit together.

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  14. Thank u so much it helped me a ton

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  15. move bitch, get out the way! this worked PERFECTLY!

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  16. Here's another great tutorial on how to do this: http://www.arandipity.com/?p=80

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  17. So dangerous not recommended if ur not a computer wiz!

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  18. why it no work
    i don't get the mount shit wtf is that

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  19. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HELP I NEED PICS OR SOMTHING. This is not working. Is the terminal black?

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  20. Lord save me, when I put the commands in, it just shuts down, nothing more.

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