Completely reset from factory settings

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iBook G4 14" 1.42 GHz

Model A1134

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Completely reset from factory settings

PC USER GIVEN 1ST APPLE PRODUCT: LOST NEEDS HELP!!

I was given an Apple Ibook G4 model number A1134 as a gift recently although I have a little problem. Okay make that more like a medium sized, problem maybe even large. Issue is I dont have the password to the former owners user account.

Apple Ibook G4

Model Number: A1134

Operating system: Mac OS X

Is there a way to reset the laptop itself from factory settings?

Or bypass the password login?

Or anything at all i can do or was this gift pointless?

SOMEONE HELP A PC USER OUT!!! IVE NEVER HAD A MAC BEFORE, IM LOST!!

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Power on your iBook and press the "Command" and "S" keys at the same time as the computer boots. Cease holding the two buttons when you see a black computer screen appear with white text. Type "-uw/" and press "Enter."

由 Matteus the great 完成的 2017年9月19日

Its saying no such file or directory

由 Zollie Dennis 完成的 2018年8月25日

Its saying no such file or directory

what do i do nex

由 ranytech 完成的 2019年2月4日

The command needs a slight tweak- it is “uw /“, with a space. My Book was doing the same thing until I added the space.

由 Jane Lambert 完成的 2019年2月28日

@mattues password reset

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Here's the specs on your machine: http://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/...

It originally came with system X 10.4.2 (8D37)

It will take up to system 10.5.8. You may be able to get 10.4 direct from Apple for $16. Give them a call with your serial number and ask. This being to costly, try ebay. When you boot from the CD, you can go to the second screen pull down menu to Utilities > Change password, and just get rid of the old password.

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just google "How to restart mac with terminal"

由 Tori Scott 完成的 2016年6月1日

please i need software for bootable pen drive

for another pc new install for may be acer

由 david king 完成的 2018年5月26日

david putting a question about fixing an acer onto a Q&A about an Macintosh iBook is not a good idea. Start a new question and give us specifics about what you are trying to do.

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Power on your iBook and press the "Command" and "S" keys at the same time as the computer boots. Cease holding the two buttons when you see a black computer screen appear with white text. Type "-uw/" and press "Enter." — Matteus the great
The command needs a slight tweak- it is “uw /“, with a space. My Book was doing the same thing until I added the space. — Jane Lambert
please i need software for bootable pen drive

for another pc new install for may be acer — david king
david putting a question about fixing an acer onto a Q&A about an Macintosh iBook is not a good idea. Start a new question and give us specifics about what you are trying to do. — mayer

originalmachead @originalmachead 声誉积分: 116.3千 66 68 359 · Answer 1 · 2012-12-23T14:24:24-07:00

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The gift giver should help you with the password. There are ways around the old FIRMWARE pass word if the original owner can't remember it.

If this answer was helpful please remember to mark it accepted.''

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Worthless.

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Tori Scott @toriscott 声誉积分: 61 1 1 · Answer 2 · 2016-06-01T20:07:20-07:00

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after restarting press the command+s button until a black screen with white words comes up

then type:

mount -uw /

rm /var/db/ .applesetupdone

shutdown -h now

Worked great for me, hope this helps :D

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tried again "no such file or diectory£

由 TERENCE RENHARD 完成的 2018年4月17日

why wont it work ???

由 TERENCE RENHARD 完成的 2018年4月17日

The file should be .AppleSetupDone (it is case sensitive)

Also, all this does is make it so when you power up it will go through the system setup again. All existing users are still there; all apps are still there. The only thing you are doing is renaming the computer and creating a new user.

由 Jon Christensen 完成的 2018年6月14日

It keeps saying password. . I can't type anything. Please help

由 1 LUV 完成的 2018年6月24日

the reason it dont work its becuz is not command+s, its option+command+f+o, and then the other steps,itl work perfect.

由 Barney Tellado 完成的 2018年10月14日

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Bob @bob96387 声誉积分: 43 1 · Answer 3 · 2013-03-05T16:13:54-07:00

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This will allow you to gain access to your macbook

Step 1 of 6

Power on your iBook and press the "Command" and "S" keys at the same time as the computer boots. Cease holding the two buttons when you see a black computer screen appear with white text.

Step 2 of 6

Type "-uw/" and press "Enter." This will allow you to make changes to the hard drive.

Step 3 of 6

Type "Systemstarter" and press "Enter" to run "NetInfo" (this allows you to make changes to the user accounts on your iBook). A vast amount of messages will begin appearing on your screen. When you see the message "System started" appear, hit "Enter" to display a command prompt.

Step 4 of 6

Type "niutil -list . /users" and press "Enter." A list of the user accounts on your iBook will now appear.

Step 5 of 6

Find the name of the account you are wanting to use (most likely the administrator account) and type "passwd user --" (replace "user" with the name of the account you will be using). The command prompt will tell you twice that you are changing the password for the account you chose to change; therefore, enter the name of the account twice (ensure you are typing the name of the account correctly and the "Caps Lock" is off as you will not see what you are typing).

Step 6 of 6

Type "reboot" and press "Enter" to restart your iBook. The account you want to unlock will now be completely unlocked, allowing you to freely log into the account without any trouble whatsoever.

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Not working

由 Mario Josias 完成的 2013年6月20日

I entered /sbin/fsck -fy and then systemstarter, screen says "could not create IPC bootstrap port. Then entered niutil -list . /users and nothing happens. Any suggestions?

Steve

由 sdreamer9 完成的 2014年7月24日

Just had an epiphany and the information all came to me! Thanks God

由 sdreamer9 完成的 2014年7月24日

tried this many times message keeps repeating "No such file or directory" what next please?

由 TERENCE RENHARD 完成的 2018年4月17日

If you are still around, sdreamer9 - PLEASE tell us what the epiphany was. I am struggling with these same problems and don't have a CLUE what to do. Thanks.

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OmBa555 @omba555 声誉积分: 13 1 · Answer 4 · 2014-08-10T05:28:38-07:00

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''Oh how wrong you are, !@#$ and I wish you were correct. I just followed every thing you layed out and i rebooted back to the same Darwin from !@#$ screen.

Why is what I'm writting have the added swearing ( !&%?)

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Moe @moe18749 声誉积分: 13 1 · Answer 5 · 2015-01-12T21:59:41-07:00

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My keyboard is broken and I use the on screen keyboard is there a way to do this without typing on using the on screen keyboard?

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David @david10340 声誉积分: 13 1 · Answer 6 · 2015-02-13T14:06:01-07:00

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Does anyone know how to enable cookies on an iBook g4?

Thanks

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setsu @setsu 声誉积分: 13 1 · Answer 7 · 2015-03-04T20:57:04-07:00

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no black screen appeared even i hold it..its loading to login windows again and again

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.....It's loading Windows.....?!

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maccompr @maccompr 声誉积分: 1 · Answer 8 · 2016-02-19T15:53:52-07:00

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Is there a way to change the serial number of a mac when they replace the logic bd and now it has a new serial number?

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Catherine Salonga @catherines10774 声誉积分: 1 · Answer 9 · 2019-01-06T21:37:16-07:00

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After i updated the latest version of itunes on ibook64 the screen turn black and i cant open it what should i do.

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jellero @jellero 声誉积分: 1 1 · Answer 10 · 2019-02-03T09:56:02-07:00

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is it

uw/

or

-uw/

? neither works anyway, after i found out what “command key” was…. is there a way to completely clean hard drive to be like a new computer? i have all the discs.

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Candi Mayes @candimayes 声誉积分: 1 · Answer 11 · 2019-11-17T19:47:54-07:00

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actully im with rachel….DOES ANYONE HAVE A LEGIT AND SOLID WAY TO RESTORE iBOOK g4 TO FACTORY….I have password i just dont know how because i dont mess with Apple for this reason right here

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Please read my old answer above. i'd take it to 10.5.8 using a retail install disk available on eBay.

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