![]() Proceed with Software Updates and any optional software you'd like to install, making sure to install for All Users if prompted. Click Other, enter root as the username and the password you chose to login. You should be greeted by the login screen with an option that says Other. Touch /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/private/var/db/.AppleSetupDoneThis will create the file on Macintosh HD that tells the computer it has completed the setup so you're able to skip the process and login with the root account we just enabled.Ĭlose Terminal and reboot the computer into the Macintosh HD. Now you'll want to enter the following command: Click save, close the password reset utility and go back to working in Terminal. Enter a password you'd like to use/remember, though it doesn't really matter as we'll be disabling root and removing this password later. You'll notice the only user account that's available is root. Click Macintosh HD or whatever your HDD is called. This will bring up the Password Reset utility. In the new Terminal window, type the following: Open Terminal from the Utilities option in the menubar. Once your OS is installed, boot to your install media or the Recovery Partition if available. This can be helpful if you have a Time Machine backup that's on a newer OS than your install media, or if you're selling/donating your Mac as it saves the new user having to update things.įirst things first, wipe your drive (and zero it if you don't trust the end user of this computer) and reinstall your desired OS. It is applicable to any system 10.5 and up. ![]() ![]() This is my take/an update on las_vegas' hint I found here awhile back for running OS updates without creating a user on a Mac. ![]()
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