[7zS2]

Hack into any Mac and gain unlimited access

Hello everyone.

I can imagine that there are a lot of 'kids' (I don't like to use this word, but you know what I mean) whose parents lock up their computer by enabling 'Parental Controls' and putting some sort of clock on it which restricts unlimited access to the computer.

Well, this also happened to me. My father had put some sort of timer on my computer, which only allowed me to access the computer 1 hour per day. Obviously, this was not enough. I had to find a solution for this. Eventually, I found out how to do it.

The first thing you want to do, is access the Single User Mode on your computer. This can be done by rebooting your machine, whilst simultaneously pressing down the 'cmd ⌘' and 's' keys.

If you are not able to access the Single User Mode or it wants you to enter a password, then most likely there is a password set in the firmware. To remove this password, I found out it is possible by performing a PRAM reset. Now, to do this, you will need to reboot your device again, whilst this time simultaneously pressing down the 'cmd ⌘', 'alt/option', 'p' and 'r' keys. You want to make sure your device reboots 4 times (you will easily be able to count the times it does that) and then reboot your device again into Single User Mode.

Alright, now that you are in the Single User Mode, you can start the procedure of creating a whole new admin account.

To do this, you want to (respectively) type this:

Code

mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.applesetupdone
reboot

Alright, the machine should now reboot. After it has started up, you will be able to create a whole new account. Important here is that when it asks you whether or not you want to transfer any information, you have it continue without transferring any information. If you do it wrong, you will lose all your data.
Fill everything in until you come to the part where it asks you to create an account. It is important here not to choose the same username as an already existing account, or it will overwrite it.

Right, well now you should be logged into your new account. This account has admin permissions. Now what I recommend is for you to make a root account. This is an account that not only has even more permissions than an admin account has, but it is also hidden!
To enable the root user, open up the 'Directory Utility' application, look at the top navigation bar and click on the 'enable root' option. What you can then do is make a username and password for your root account. Now, reboot your system and then log into that root account, go to System Preferences and delete the new admin account you just created (only do this if you chose to make the root account). This way your parents or whoever won't know that you have done anything.
So now, the last thing I recommend is for you to always log in to your primary account (the one you already had before all these operations, unless of course you're on a Mac you are trying to hack into, without having any accounts on it), and then whenever the Admin Access window prompts, you just fill in your root username and password.

Well, that was it. I hope I am able to help you guys with this.

Cheers.

7zS2

[SliPC]

Nicely done. I will have to try this sometime? I did not see you mention what version of OSX you tried this on?

[jwrb]

This tutorial is compatible with every version of OSX ever released. Period.

[7zS2]

Indeed. This works for all versions. Thanks for the posts and have fun when ever trying this out ;)
It will work! 🤝

[Gpure]

This works with NetNanny and other limitation programs.

Vouch for the tutorial.

[Abs0luteZer0]

This is fantastic. Gives me some ideas for the University's Macintosh computers that have a lot of features locked down.

[Speczorz]

Thanks for the heads up. I currently do not have any use for it, but it is always good to know.

[7zS2]

I also have methods which allow the inclined to gain access to the internet after one has been restricted from using it through the Mac-address method (I'm talking about airport network restrictions here). If these are requested, please enquire it here and I will make a new thread containing the modus operandi. 🤝

7zS2

[๖ۣۜÑåzgйŀ]

Indeed. This works for all versions. Thanks for the posts and have fun when ever trying this out ;)
It will work! 🤝

This method does not work on OS X lion
only Tiger leapoard and snow leopard

there is a way however to get into OS X lion

[7zS2]

This method does not work on OS X lion
only Tiger leapoard and snow leopard

there is a way however to get into OS X lion

False. This method DOES work on OS X Mountain Lion. If it did not work for you then you did something wrong.

[๖ۣۜÑåzgйŀ]

False. This method DOES work on OS X Mountain Lion. If it did not work for you then you did something wrong.

Well from what I remember apple patched this
From what I remember I thought they forced every user to set up a Firmware Password
The Firmware Password blocks the ability to boot your computer in single-user mode.
if there is no firmware pasword the way to make a new acount on OS X lion now would be a different command
boot the computer into Single-User Mode by holding CMD+S on startup, mount the drive, and type the command:

/sbin/mount -uw /

Followed by:

launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist

And finally:

passwd

Then, enter your new root password when prompted twice. After the password has been reset, type:

restart

And hit return/enter.

but maybe I'm wrong perhaps your command works too