Advanced_Options.png' alt='How To Install Macfuse On Lion Free' title='How To Install Macfuse On Lion Free' />Lifehacker. Nick Douglas. Staff Writer, Lifehacker Nick has been writing online for 1. Urlesque, Gawker, the Daily Dot, and Slacktory. He lives in Park Slope with his wife and their books. Mac OS X Hints A community built collection of OS X hints. This is my takean update on lasvegas hint I found here awhile back for running OS updates without creating a user on a Mac. It is applicable to any system 1. This can be helpful if you have a Time Machine backup thats on a newer OS than your install media, or if youre sellingdonating your Mac as it saves the new user having to update things. One of my favorite psychological tricks comes from a novella by comedian Steve Martin, Shopgirl. Its a guide to telling lies. There are three essential qualities. First things first, wipe your drive and zero it if you dont trust the end user of this computer and reinstall your desired OS. Once your OS is installed, boot to your install media or the Recovery Partition if available. Open Terminal from the Utilities option in the menubar. In the new Terminal window, type the following. This will bring up the Password Reset utility. Click Macintosh HD or whatever your HDD is called. Adobe Reader Command Line Install Msp on this page. Youll notice the only user account thats available is root. A communitybuilt site of hints and tips on using Apples new Mac OS X operating system. Nick Douglas. Staff Writer, Lifehacker Nick has been writing online for 11 years at sites like Urlesque, Gawker, the Daily Dot, and Slacktory. Recommended Steps for Upgrading to Mac OS X 10. Lion. Before anything else, verify that your Mac meets the OS X Lion system requirements, which in brief. While installing FUSE for OS X, be sure to check the MacFUSE Compatibility Layer option in the installer. Youll need it for the next step, in which we install the. NTFS-15.png' alt='How To Install Macfuse On Lion Free' title='How To Install Macfuse On Lion Free' />Enter a password youd like to useremember, though it doesnt really matter as well be disabling root and removing this password later. Click save, close the password reset utility and go back to working in Terminal. Now youll want to enter the following command. VolumesMacintosh HDprivatevardb. Apple. Setup. Done. This will create the file on Macintosh HD that tells the computer it has completed the setup so youre able to skip the process and login with the root account we just enabled. Close Terminal and reboot the computer into the Macintosh HD. You should be greeted by the login screen with an option that says Other. Click Other, enter root as the username and the password you chose to login. Proceed with Software Updates and any optional software youd like to install, making sure to install for All Users if prompted. Also keep in mind that any preference changes you make will only apply to the root user, so theres no sense in wasting any time customizing the look, feel and general operation of the computer. After all software is installed, open up Terminal once more. Enter the following code. Apple. Setup. Done. This will remove the file we originally created and re enable the setup assistant to help create the newfirst user on the Mac. Next, open up Directory Utility. This can be found in Users Groups in System Preferences. Click Login Options, then click Join. Network Account Server. You should then see the option Open Directory Utility. Once in Directory Utility, click Edit in the menubar and then select Disable root user. As a note, this can be done while logged in as root. Close Directory Utility and restart the computer, booting back into to your install media or Recovery Partition. Open up Terminal one last time and enter. Once the Password Reset utility has appeared, click the root user once more. Instead of changing the password, however, simply click the Reset button to reset Home Folder ACLs. Reboot your Mac, confirm you see the Setup Assistant and youre ready to move onto restoring your backup or selling your computer I havent tested this one.