MacBook Pro :: Creating New Administrator Account
Feb 8, 2010
I'm about to buy a used MBP unibody 13" and no... its not stolen, seller has receipts for MBP and Applecare. Its about a year old. So I'm just wondering how difficult it is to delete his admin account and make a new one? I know I could just add an account, but that's goofy. The machine only has iWorks and iLife installed and has been upgraded to Snow Leopard. Is this the same as a PC... reformat the HDD and reinstall the OS and two apps or is there a simpler route? Will the SL CD from my iMac 24 work with the MBP? Is the other alternative to bring it to an Apple store and have them reconfigure? That's a ride+ and how much will they charge for that? BTW, are there "older" spec unibody MBP's? This one was purchased early in 2009, just wondered if there were different graphics in different releases? This one has the 2.53G procesor, 250G HDD, and 4 Megs or RAM.
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Jun 12, 2008
We had a HDD fail on one of our office Mac laptops (a power pc G4). Apple repaired it and I restored all files etc from a backup. I was the administrator during the restore. Before I could get back, the user changed that account to a standard account and changed the name. Now there is no way to change the account back, because there is no admin to authenticate the change. Anything I can do? I am not an advanced computer/Mac person.
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Mar 14, 2012
I want to reset the administrator account.
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May 18, 2012
i was trying to set up another account on my macbook but i made the new account the admin account with the parental guidance how do i change my original account back the administrator?
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.0.1
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Jun 29, 2012
Im using company's MAC OSX 10.6.8 and the administrator account is locked and now how to trace back the password?What should i do?If I had install email,printer etc. softwares & if I reset the password, would the all software gone?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Apr 27, 2012
I was having trouble with Powerpoint, and an article indicated I might have a corrupt user account. I followed the instructions, creating a new user account, and the problem was solved. The article suggested that in this case I needed to have Mac Support troubleshoot my user account. How do I do that?
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MacBook
Pro
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Jun 25, 2012
I have been trying to create a new account (IMAP) but when i click the ADD NEW ACCOUNT - selecting the IMAP, the screen just sits there.. no new box
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MacBook Pro with Retina display
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Feb 5, 2010
I am sole user of the Mac usually and use an admin account. Though I've read in a few places that you should set up a standard account and use that for day to day activities. What does everybody else do?
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Jul 23, 2010
I have no administrator accounts on my imac! After upgrading to leopard, everything changed to standard accounts, even my root user. I tried to do what the apple website said, and change passwords and check off the "allow user to administer" box, but when i log out of root user and back into my main account, the box is not checked off. Nor when logged in as the root user will it let me to lock the settings to make sure it goes through.
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Nov 2, 2010
We had a HDD fail on one of our office Mac laptops (a power pc G4). Apple repaired it and I restored all files etc from a backup. I was the administrator during the restore. Before I could get back, the user changed that account to a standard account and changed the name. Now there is no way to change the account back, because there is no admin to authenticate the change. Anything I can do? I am not an advanced computer/Mac person.
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May 16, 2010
I just restored my 13" Macbook Pro from a Time Machine Backup that was created on a 15" Macbook Pro via Migration Assistant, and I have been experiencing some weird problems. The weirdest thing is that I cannot change my account from Standard to Administrator, even if I am logged into the root account. When I authenticate and click on the check box that says "Allow User to Administer This Computer", the box goes blank again and a box shows up telling me a restart is needed.
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Apr 7, 2012
I have been given an old Mac with previous owner name and passrord. I want to update/grade? How do I get an administrator account & password?
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Mac OS X (10.2.x)
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Jun 24, 2014
Two days ago when I woke up and open my MacBook Pro (OS Maverick), I started with a strange windows (than we can get with cmd+r). My hard drive was broken so I followed the proposed steps. I made a backup with TimeMachine. I lost a lot of data 'cause I wasn't able to go back on the Finder and save the things I need. So, I lost important things... Well, after Time Machine backup, I had few more troubles. Now, I can't use a lot of my software. I try to update everything, BUT my user profil isn't administrator anymore.
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Jan 6, 2010
I am a network administrator and an mac user. No one else is my IT dept knows anything about macs so I have been given the responsibility of managing our 5 or so Mac's in the company. I've been able to figure everything out fine, but I have one user that insists on turning on the screensaver password on his computer. Now on windows, you can unlock a computer using an administrator account but on mac this is not the case. I want to disable the option for the screensaver password but I do not know how. The user is a local administrator on the computer because that is needed for a few things but he is making it impossible for me to work on his computer because of the password. Also, I've tried telling him not to enable it but he seems to not care what I think.
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Apr 9, 2012
After messing around with parental controls, my only user account has turned from administrator to standard. How do I change it back?
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Mac OS X (10.7)
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May 10, 2012
How can i create a new Administrator user account ?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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Sep 8, 2014
I am running OSX 10.8.5 and would like to set up an administrator account with restricted rights. For example I would want to allow the account to administer user accounts but would not want to allow it to install software. Is this possible in OSX?
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Mar 9, 2007
OS 10.4. I know it has worked in the past month. My user account ( first one set up on system) no longer has administrator privileges. I went to do daylight savings update last week, and reply back says must enter administrator name and password......... Stuck because I can not even do a archive and reinstall because you need admin to do anything
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Feb 1, 2010
I'm not too computer savvy let alone MAC savvy.
I was wondering if I would be able to remote access my lost laptop if the administrator account has been deleted. Being absent minded I left my bag at the bus station and I figure who ever has found it is keeping it by now since I haven't gotten a phone call yet and it's been over a week.
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Mar 13, 2012
delete the previous administrator and make a user account for myself on my iMac G4
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iMac, iOS 3.1.3
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Aug 3, 2010
I am passing my old iMac (450mhz imac dv) running 10.4 to a new user, and I would like to create a new admin account and delete the current, but can't seem to see a way to do that. If it is not possible, can I change the name and password for a new owner?
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Nov 28, 2009
I am considering having a roommate move in and letting them use my Mac. If I create them a guest account can I ensure that my email and files will be secure by having this second account, or is there another way to accomplish this?
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Aug 30, 2008
I just got my macbook and ipod touch I was trying to get the 2.0 update for the ipod but I couldn't create an itunes account because I don't have a credit card and I live in a country which doesn't have a store. So what do I Do? I can get a friend from canada to buy me an itunes gift card but can I use it here ? or even a paypal one? And still if I create the account can I use it to buy the update and apps from my country? Or download missing album art I guess my second question is can I buy stuff from another country's store?
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Jun 4, 2010
I bought this Macbook Pro (10.6.3) second hand and the user account was the name of the guy I bought it from. I'm tired of always seeing his name pop up when I have to access my Home folder and since the only way to change that is to create another admin profile thats what I'm going to do. Once mine is up and running I will delete the old account but first I have a question. Is there a way I can transfer over things like my Admin accounts and History, My Applemail email addresses and history and my Firefox settings, plugins etc., without having to duplicate them?
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Jun 22, 2012
how do i creating multiple icloud accounts to access one itunes account?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1, iphone 4s
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Jun 24, 2014
There I have deleted an old exchange account, and created a new one, with the same email address and same password but with changed DNS with the provider. On the side of the email provider all technical data seem to work fine, yet I still can't create the new exchange account. This new account should refer to Office365.
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May 29, 2012
I just purchased a brand new Imac. When I attempt to create my initail user account I am asked if I want to take a new picture for this user account.
The Imac then hangs when I click on the check box to take a picture.
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Dec 7, 2008
I'm trying to make an iTunes Store account with my mother's MasterCard. Everything in the setup process goes well until I hit the part when I must enter in my three-digit security code. I do so, then proceed. iTunes won't proceed because it appears I have not entered a valid security code. But the problem is, it is in fact valid: I've used it before for other things and it works fine. I've triple-checked; it's kinda hard to incorrectly type a three-digit number.
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Mar 22, 2012
how can I delete my name from system administrator in my macbook air ?
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Mar 29, 2012
Uploaded MAC 11 as an administrator, the rest of the users can utilize the software but I'm not able to?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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