
If you need to create a specific wordlist (because you remember what you may have used and, most importantly, what you may have not used, go here and look for Wordlists On Demand)ĬrowbarDMG is basically a GUI for the hdiutil commandĮTA for trying 9999 passwords: About 3 hrsĩ99,999 passwords: About 300 hrs Or 12 days.

Step 1a: If you remember enough of your password, or if you are just missing trailing numbers i.e Mypassword? > MyPassword1234 and do not remember if it's 1234 or 4321, or 9999, Just use CrowbarDMG and a Wordlist.

Step 1: Write down everything you can remember about the forgotten password, i.e what you could have used, and what you are sure not to have used, i.e. If you do not remember at all the password, or if you attempt to crack in "blind mode", you will probably need to teach your kids how to do it: By the time you'll have a fighting chance, you'll be long dead.

Cracking encrypted disk image, AKA DMG is feasible, but, and there are many buts, is extremely, extremely time consuming.
