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Best Way to Reset Forgotten MAC User Password

It hurts whenever the password used to secure your Mac computer. Today's stroll, I would brief you guys on a simple guide on how to easily reset the forgotten Mac user password in recovery mode. So let's quickly move towards the steps so you don't get bored.


How to Reset Forgotten Mac User Password

Step 1» Firstly, start up your Mac PC and hold the keys “CMD + R” until the computer displays an Apple logo.

Step 2» Once you perform the above instruction, you would be in OS X recovery mode, then you need to navigate over to utilities» then terminal.

Step 3» Once you get to terminal, simply write resetpassword and press enter.

NOTE- The step 3 process would help reset password window and you would be needing to select your OS X drive.

Best Tips to Install Android 5.0 Lollipop (Alpha) on OnePlus One

The OnePlus One developers recently released the Alpha version of Android 5.0 Lollipop for OnePlus One users and it's now available for download. Today's stroll, I would guide you on how to download and install Android 5.0 Lollipop (Alpha) on your OnePlus One.
               
Before you proceed with the tutorial, try to perform a nandroid backup on your OnePlus One device to avoid lost of data.



How to Download and Install Android 5.0 Lollipop (Alpha) on your OnePlus One

Step 1» Firstly, unlock the bootloader and install custom recovery or TWRP on your OnePlus One Smart phone.

Guide- How to unlockbootloader, install custom recovery and root OnePlus One

Step 2» Then download the Custom Rom (Alpha) package via here (in zip format) then copy the zip file to your device.

Step 3» The Custom Rom comes without google app package, so you would also need to download and install google apps package and also move the zip folder to your device.

Step 4» After the above procedure, switch off your device and boot to recovery mode by holding the volume down + power button.

How to Install Custom Recovery, Unlock bootloader & Root OnePlus One

Today, I would detail you guys on how to install custom recovery, unlock bootloader and also root OnePlus One smartphones. I would first start with, how you can unlock the bootloader of OnePlus One before we would then proceed to how you can install custom recovery and finally, rooting of OnePlus One smart phones.



How to Unlock Bootloader of OnePlus One

Step 1» Firstly, download the ADB and fastboot file via here and extract the folder to the desktop screen of your computer.

Step 2» Then switch off your phone and boot it to fastboot mode. To boot to fastboot mode, simply hold volume up + power, and you would notice a text indicating “fastboot” which shows that your phone is in fastboot mode.

Step 3» Then connects the OnePlus One smartphone to your computer with the use of USB cable.

Step 4» Then open a command prompt window on the ADB folder by holding shift button, then right click on the white space of the folder and then click on “Open command window here”

Step 5» Then on the window, enter the below command prompt

fastboot devices

With the above command, you would see the list of connected device on your computer, so your device serial number should appear on the list.

Step 6» After the above procedure, then unlock the bootloader of your devic by inputing the below command prompt.

fastboot oem unlock

Step 7» Once the above command prompt has run successfully, then run the below command prompt.

fastboot reboot

Once you have entered the above command, the device would then take few mintues to reboot and you can now adjust the below settings;

To Enble USB Debugging- Move to settings » About Phone » then tap on Build number 7 times. This would automatically enable all the developers’ option, then you can go back and enable USB debugging via developers option.

To Disable CM Recovery Protection- under those same developers options in settings, simply disable “Update recovery with system updates”.

Finally, the bootloader of your OnePlus One smartphone is unlocked; you can now proceed to the next stage of the guide on how to install custom recovery on OnePlus One.

Download And Install Google Apps on Cyanogenmod 12 CM12 ROM

Google Apps are really great Google branded apps that are pre-installed on most android phones and tablets just like the Google Playstore, Gmail, Google Maps, Google backup, Youtube, Google search and other related apps from Google Inc. It's really difficult to find Google Apps (Gapps) on android having cyanogen roms due to some some licensing restrictions.

Of course, CM12 is a newer version of Cyanogenmod ROM which is highly recommended for android 5.0 Lollipop devices. I published a brief tips previously, on how you can install google apps on Cyanogenmod 11 CM11 ROM, you can take a stroll to that guide, it would help for lower android versions.

Maybe, you eventually wiped most of the google branded apps from your android device, you may find it difficult to install them (EG- Google Playstore) but with the help of this tutorial, you won't have any problem retrieving that app. Today's stroll, I would brief you guys on how to download and install Google Apps on Cyanogenmod 12 CM12 ROM.

Read also: How to Install Cyanogenmod ROMs On Non-rooted Android Phones or Tablets

NB» For a start, rooted android phone or tablet with custom recovery like CWM or TWRP is needed. Also try to backup your android device.


How to install Google Apps or Gapps Cyanogenmod 12 CM12

Step 1» Once you have successfully installed any custom recovery to your android device, then download Google apps package from the link below to your desktop.

Gapps Package via Basket Built team

Step 2» Once you've downloaded the package on your desktop, then quickly connect your android device to your computer and move the downloaded zip file (Gapps package) to your android device.

The 4 Best Free Tools to Download Picasa Web Album

Picasa is a sort of image viewer or an image organizer which is used for organizing and editing digital phtographs. The Picasa was built by the lifescape Inc and it's owned by Google. This software is compatible to Windows and Mac PC. Today's stroll, I would brief you guys about the 4 Ultimate free tools that can be used to download picasa web album.

There are many picasa downloading tools that helps use download picasa web album without stress. If you wish to get some set of photos from your relative or friend’s album or picasa album, then the tools I would highlight below would do the work for you.


1. Picasa Webalbum Downloader

This is one of my favourite tools that I use to download picasa web album. With this, you can be able to download the entire picasa. This is infact the alternative to picasa 2.0 from google for windows or even the newly released iPhoto from Mac. To use Picasa webalbum downloader, simply grab the rss button for the picasa web album that you wish to download. You would notice the button at the right sidebar of the album, then copy and paste the URL address of the album RSS feed and click Enter. Once this is done, your download would start immediately.

2. Picasa Downloader

Picasa downloader let's you download multiple picasa web album of a user which you've selected, without even installing the picasa software on your device. With just few clicks, the album to be downloaded would be proceeded. It's just simple. Enter the picasa username » hit the list button » then select the albums to download » Hit download. And Gbam, your download would begin instantly.

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