Faced with a forgotten password
Faced with a forgotten password, my friend Google showed me the back door. I have a love/hate relationship with products from Apple. Goes back, possibly, to a long ago attempt to run a program written in some version of Apple Basic, on a II belonging to the math department. Spent an afternoon, only to have someone point out that there were several varieties of the language. I didn’t have the necessary one. But that was just the seed.
Fast forward to me and Mini-me. I have plans for that little box (which might include reformatting with a version of Linux, if the odd security of the Corporation continues to frustrate. No, I didn’t remember my password. No, there was no hint available. No, my attempt to reinstall from scratch didn’t work, because I had the wrong (not faultly) AppleID. Finally, I went in like a geek, using a CLI and some basic *nix skills. All is restored (not forgiven).
My evening of updates is over, and I have an easy-to-remember login sequence. On to better things. The same requirement for more (ever more) updates on the Win 8.1 machine was easy. I can now relax for a few months, content to continue with the familiar twists and turns of Win 7.
A friend sent me ideas for library shelving. I’ve decided, after only a moment or two of reflection, to stay on the path I’ve chosen. Digital beats paper, when it comes to space required for storage. If someone offers to construct shelving in the next house, I’ll accept graciously, and then devote the new storage to keeping my hard drives close.
