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Join Date: Aug 2007
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i forgot the password on my imac g5 andnow it wont let me login... is there any way around this
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
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Maybe this procedure will help you. You’ll need a bootable installation CD.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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i got the computer at a swap meet so i dont have anything that would come with a new one... were can i get an installation cd
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
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A system/installation CD/DVD belongs to a computer like a keyboard or mouse. Each iMac comes with system software which can get updated by new versions of Mac OS X.
Your best options are - to contact the person you traded it from. He/she won’t have any more use for it, or
- to buy an OS X installation DVD from Apple.
If you live close to an Apple store try asking there. If you’re lucky they help you out.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2007
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As a third option, go to eBay. You will probably be able to find an installation disc floating around in there somewhere. But ONLY GET AN INSTALL DISC FOR YOUR SYSTEM. Make sure you are buying an install disc set that says "imac G5" on it. If you get one for another computer, it won't work, and if you get a commercial OS X install (works on all computers), there won't be a password restore on the disc.
Here is the only auction I found that will work for you:
iMac G5 Mac OS X Install Disks 10.3.5 *SEALED* - (eBay item 140150082698 end time Aug-27-07 17:46:27 PDT)
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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is there any other way then buying the cd
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Join Date: May 2007
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Nope, aside from trying to remember it.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Aug 2007
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will this reformat the entire drive or just reset it to default
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2007
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if you follow the apple website instructions in the above post, all it will do is change/ reset your password.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2003
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Hmm, sounds like someone may be trying to break into someone else's computer. Just speculating though. 
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: the netherlands
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"swap meet" ah.. is it called that way now 
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Originally Posted by adamfishercox 
if you get a commercial OS X install (works on all computers), there won't be a password restore on the disc.
Really? That's not true in my experience.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
Really? That's not true in my experience.
the option to RESET the password is absolutely on the commercial os x cds (i know from my own experience)...
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2007
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Well well well.... Shut my mouth.
Go get a commercial install. And if you are trying to break into a computer, don't be sissy about spending money for it.
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