MacNative

Just read about this on The Apple Blog.

Pretty useful information especially for someone in the IT field. Here is the POST

To reset your OS X password without an OS X CD you need to enter terminal and create a new admin account:

1. Reboot
2. Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
3. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):
   • mount -uw /
   • rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
   • shutdown -h now
4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and you’re good to go again!

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So yes this is a shameful plug for their services. 1and1 is my preferred hosting provider.

But also, I might note that I am a die hard apple proponent, but when it comes to general server functions, I am a fan of Linux. I run Linux on my servers locally and in hosting. for their security and ease of administration.

Working in the IT world and being a Mac user, I am constantly asked the question “Should I get a Mac”? As if there was any question. Today I will briefly share my reasoning with you. When someone asks that question the only right response would be to ask a question in return, “What do you use your computer for”? If they only use their current computer to play old DOS games then they should probably stick with the computer that they have. But if they use windows at all, and still have a pulse, then there is a high probability that they could benefit from switching.

With an Intel processor under the hood, the current mac is the most versatile computer on the market, In my opinion. You can obviously run OSX on the computer. You can also run Windows, and Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc. So if there is something that you really must use windows for, Two solutions exist. Either using BootCamp to allow you to dual boot into both Windows (or some other more productive OS) and OSX. Or my favorite solution , using some virtualization sofware like Parallels or VMware Fusion. This software allows you to install and run other Operating Systems right from within OSX. With the virtualization software you have the ability to store your files outside of the windows virtual machine on your Mac, and then clone or make snapshots of your windows OS so that when (not if) windows suffers from malware or spyware or a virus, you can simply restore to your last snapshot, not loose any of your documents (because they were all saved outside of windows) and be back up and running in minutes, rather than days or weeks working with your local IT guys.

In my opinion this provides the ultimate computing solution. Safe, secure, performance in OSX that can be accented with brief musings in the Windows world, and then turned off again. Ahhhh, Computing Bliss.