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How to Boot in Single User Mode on a Mac

Oct 29, 2018 - 4 Comments
How to Boot in Single User Mode on Mac

Advanced Mac users can boot into Single User Mode, which loads directly into the command line of Mac OS and skips the familiar friendly user interface. Booting into Single User Mode on a Mac can be helpful for some troubleshooting purposes and administrative tasks, but is generally best reserved for use by advanced Mac users … Read More

How to Repair a Mac Disk with fsck from Single User Mode

Aug 7, 2013 - 92 Comments
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Using Disk Utility through Recovery Mode is the preferred and primary tool for repairing disks on the Mac platform, but if Disk Utility is either unavailable or not able to repair a drive, then Single User Mode and the command line tool fsck should be your next choice.

Change the Admin Password with Mac OS X Single User Mode

Apr 25, 2011 - 65 Comments
Change Unknown Admin Password in Mac OS X

If you’re in IT, or just fixing Grandmas Mac, it’s not too uncommon to get a machine where you don’t have the admin users password. If you find yourself in this situation, you can easily change the Admin password, or any other users, simply by booting into Mac OS X‘s command line Single User Mode. … Read More

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