OS X :: Disable Screensaver Password - Using Administrator Account
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 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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Apr 16, 2009
does anyone know how to log out of an account while the mac is in a password protected screensaver lock screen?
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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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Aug 23, 2010
If I'm watching a movie/video etc, Is there a quick and easy way to disable the screen saver / the screen from reducing it's brightness / the system from going to sleep ? (and if so, how to re-enable them again?)
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May 15, 2012
how do i reset admin password if i forgot password and do not have start up disk
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Jan 2, 2007
I'm running the latest MacOS X on my new MacBook Pro. What I'd like to do is have the screensaver get automatically disabled when I view videos, and then to have it re-enabled when I am finished viewing.
Under Linux, I accomplished this by wrapping the invocation dialog of my video viewer in a script which turns off the screensaver, runs the viewer, and then turns on the screensaver again when the viewer exits. Is there a way to do something similar under MacOS X? ... maybe with AppleScript?
Yes, I know that I can manually turn off the screensaver, view the video, and the turn the screensaver back on. And I also know that I can move the mouse or interact with the keyboard periodically when viewing. However, I don't want to have to do either of these things ... I'd like this to be fully automated, if possible.
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Jun 6, 2012
How can you change administrator password without the old password. The owner has died and no one has the password
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
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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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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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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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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 MACÂ 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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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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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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Feb 2, 2008
How can I reset it, I need it update my iwork software on my imac?
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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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Jan 13, 2009
I just bought a used Emac running 10.3.9. The previous owner does not remember the administrator password nor did I realize how important it is to have. I have the original install discs and did boot using the disc. I then went under the install menu and chose reset password. I changed the user password but have been unsuccessful at changing the admin password. The drop down menu in password reset gave me the option of Administrator (root), Application, or finally user. I have read a couple of articles cautioning not to change or work with root changes.
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Sep 14, 2010
A week ago, my computer (Macbook) "crashed". When I powered it up, it would go to the grey apple screen, then it would go to a blue screen, then it would switch to a light blue screen, then back to the darker blue screen, etc and never fully boot into OSX. I finally found my install discs for OSX and reinstalled my operating system from scratch, formatted my hard drive, and started new. Once I reinstalled, I realized how outdated and different everything looked... and I realized I was running OSX 10.4. So from there, I found my Leopard disc (10.5), put that in, and "Upgraded" my system to 10.5.
And basically here's where I'm at now:........................
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Nov 17, 2007
After upgrading to Leopard, when I try to install or update any program on my computer it asks for the Administrator username and password. Well that should not be a problem seeing as how I am the administrator and so I type in my name and my password and it says "you must type an administrator's name and password to make changes to software update." So I went to system settings and checked and it no longer has my account as the administrator and I can't make any changes because I am not the administrator no more. After installing Leopard, this has happened. What should I do? (I am fairly new to Macs, I have had my Macbook about 3 months.) I also noticed that my Macbook (when I shut it) has started to wake itself up from sleep mode and stay that way while it's still closed.
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Mar 24, 2012
I remember my adminstrator-name and password, but when i write it, it won't let me in and change something. - I know my password 100%, but how can i find my adminstrator-name?I always have been in it all. I knew my password. I still know. It did not ask me about my adminstrator-name before, but now it does. How can i find my adminstator name? I know i can reset it all with mac CD, but i don't want to delete all stuff in my mac. What shall i do?
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MacBookPro, iOS 5.1
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Apr 11, 2012
I have a late Mac Book Pro 15 inch, and recently being asked for Administrator's Password, but will not accept any passwords I enter. An Administrator's Password is then required to change the Password. How do I reset the Administrator's Password?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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May 21, 2012
I can't remember my administrator password for my mac.
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iMac
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May 22, 2012
I purchased a secondhand g5 powermac desktop and am trying to bring to factory default so that I can start fresh with new administrator and password.
I have no restore disc. I backed up the hardrive on an external hardrive and am thinking that I would erase the entire disc
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PowerMac
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Jun 18, 2012
How to reset administrator password in lion?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7)
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