A major feature that debuted in Lion (OS X 10.7) and continues in Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) is one I hope you’ll never need to use: recovery mode, officially called OS X Recovery. (It was called Lion ...

With regard to yesterday's item detailing Mac OS X's effective limitation of passwords to eight characters, several readers speculate that the problem may be more of a simple quirk than a true ...

After demonstrating that it's possible to obtain the keys to unlock encrypted disk by getting at the contents of RAM, the authors of the "cold boot" paper have now showed how these mechanisms can be ...

I want to give my 200+ Mac OS X users instructions on how to change their AD log-in password from their Macs. <BR><BR>All my users, computers and servers are in Active Directory. Currently, Mac users ...

Forgot your Mac password? 3 ways to unlock startup disks encrypted with Apple’s FileVault Your email has been sent If you forget your Mac's login account password ...

Several readers have asked recently about what to do with systems they’ve purchased, inherited, or were given to them that were protected by FileVault and the original owner can’t recall or provide ...

The Mac operating system provides a way for you to lock Excel with a password to prevent unauthorized use by using Keychain Access. Removing this password requires ...