OS X Mavericks :: Unexpectedly Asks For Admin Credentials
Sep 7, 2014
a few seconds after waking up my iMac today I dialog box was shown: "App store tries to install new apple software. Enter name and password of an administrator to allow this" (the message was shown in german, this is just a translation by me). The dialog box shows a closed lock with a terminal window as icon. Of course I did not enter any credentials.
As I have not initiated any software installation and the App store application was closed I wonder if my Mac got compromised somehow, I have never seen such a dialog without any prior action by me. Scanning for updates after canceling the dialog worked without problems and without asking for the credentials.
Further investigation shows a log message "the software updated has restarted - reconnecting now" around the time the message was displayed, so this might be the reason. As an additional test I killed the softwareupdated process from a remote machine and the same message was shown a few hours later with the same log message, but this is no proof that the restart of this process triggered the dialog. I am using a iMac 27" with OSX 10.9.4, all updates installed.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Jun 18, 2010
so my install of snow leopard stopped booting, I plugged the hdd into another mac and did a new install (I manged to *upgrade* from 10.6.4 to 10.6.0) but now there is no admin accounts and I can't enable admin on my account because it asks for an admin password.
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Mar 25, 2012
Since installing Lion I tried to download an undate iAuthor from the App Store on my MacBook Pro laptop and the system asks:it has never asked for the administrator's name before and I don't remember what mine is. At 86 years old I have trouble remembering my own name.
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Apr 7, 2010
On 10.6.2, I noticed that in the Get Info window, permissions for a file could be changed without having to "unlock" the operation with the administrator password. This was not the case in Leopard, which required the admin password before permissions could be changed through the Get Info window.
I found this to be concerning from a security standpoint. I had hoped that 10.6.3 would fix the issue, but it still appears to be a problem. I've noticed this on three different machines, two with clean installs of 10.6 and one with an upgrade from 10.5. Does anyone else notice this issue? Am I right in assuming that this is a security issue? The ability for permissions to be changed for any file directly from the Finder's Get Info window without even an admin password seems to be rather insecure to me.
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I am trying to uninstall Virex 7.5. I have got the Terminal uninstall command which opens Terminal. So far, so good. However, Terminal is asking me for my admin password but it's not allowing me to enter it. The cursor is not blinking it's just a solid black oblong - just bl**dy sitting there! Absolutely no response to any key except the enter key - then terminal helpfully says, 'Sorry, try again' What's going on? I just wanna get rid of Virex!!!
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Jun 19, 2014
I have been unable to use Mail for over a year now due to the fact that no matter what I do it asks me for my Gmail password every two minutes. I thought I would give it a try after upgrading to Yosemite Beta and I see it is still the same situation. Hard to believe that after YEARS of this known issue there is still no fix. Mail is unusable in this state and it forces me to us ***whisper*** Outlook ***gag***.
At least on Mavericks I could use Google Chat in Messages but that functionality is broken now in Yosemite.
I have deleted every Google related item in my keychain, deleted and reinstalled the account, said really nice things to my mac and it still won't cooperate. Now when I try to add the account In Yosemite it will only connect with Contacts and Calendar and can't even make the connection with Mail, Messages or Notes.
Strange because my Google Drive sync works just fine!
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Jun 20, 2014
My hard drive crashed therefore I needed to transfer my data and files from my backup via migration assistant. I believe t did something wrong and cause me every time I reboot the machine, a window pop up asking me to input my iCould password. I understand it only asks me once, but is there anyway to solve this
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I recently installed Mavericks on my iMac. Any software that is connected to iCloud (FaceTime, Messaging, Calendar, Contacts, etc.) constantly asks for my apple ID password. iTunes is doing the same thing. Feel like I had a similar problem with Key Chain in my Mac Pro.
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Jul 1, 2014
For the last week or so I've been having an increasingly regular problem with Mail. Upon launching, the app opens a dialog window saying, "Mail can't connect to the Google account 'Gmail'. Enter the password for user (username)." Then when I enter the password, the app crashes. Sometimes clicking the "Cancel" botton allows the app to open, but sometimes that results in a crash as well. Also, when I can launch Mail successfully, sometimes when I try to send mail, the outgoing mail will sit in the Outbox unsent.
I've been getting these warnings with both my Yahoo and Gmail accounts. Until a few days ago I was using Yahoo as my primary account, but the inability to send mail caused me to switch to Gmail as my primary. After a couple days of smooth sailing, I'm now getting the same errors with my Gmail.
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When I try to open mail, it opens for a couple of seconds, then quits with message "Mail quit unexpectedly." When I click reopen button, the same thing happens again. I've tried a hard restart and that didn't work.
I have a Macbook, OSX version 10.9.5. Proc 2.4 GHz Intel core duo. 4 gb 1067 Dor 3.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
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Aug 24, 2014
I hadn't used my notebook for about a week and when I turned it on the other day the password login page was missing and I noticed that the Administrator Account is also missing. I have tried to delete the two remaining accounts to see what would happen, but either I can't remember my ID name or the system won't let me delete the accounts because the admin is missing.
I have tried my Snow Leopard CD but it won't let me reinstall or run diagnostic.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Sep 4, 2014
My wife's MacBook Pro has been doing this for some months now. It prompts her login credentials when something is changed in system preferences or like this one, an update from Adobe.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Sep 10, 2014
How do I change the Admin password? I am listed as administrator, but the password was on the Mac when I bought it. I have tried every possible password and none that I have ever used work.
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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I seem to have lost my admin account detail on my OSX 10.9.3 macbook.
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Nov 30, 2014
I changed the admin on my Mac Pro and i used the iCloud password part except instead of using the right username i used the wrong one now I'm locked out of being an admin on my own computer.
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In Keychain Access I have a number of passwords for WiFi networks I am never going to use again. (Hotels etc) So decided to delete them.
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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10), Using external Cinema Display
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Process: Preview [9453]
Path: /Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview
Identifier: com.apple.Preview
Version: 7.0 (826.4)
[code]....
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Jun 5, 2014
How to fix it:
Crashed Thread: 3 Dispatch queue: NSOperationQueue 0x60000002cfe0 :: NSOperation 0x7fcdd2c05260
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
[Code] .....
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MacBook Air
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Aug 29, 2014
Trying to delete a surplus user admin account. Chose delete securely. It has been running for 24 hours and hence can't close system preferences. Should I leave it or try and force quit the process ..This is a new IMac running osx Mavericks
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Nov 30, 2014
I'm running Mavericks on a MacBook Pro. Right now I operate everything under the admin user profile. It has been suggested that I should not be operating all of my daily work using the admin account, I should be using a standard user account, and the admin should remain for admin purposes only. Is it possible to switch the admin rights to a different user account, and then I keep the account I've been working in, have all software and preferences loaded in and make it a standard account? Or can I duplicate my admin account and use the duplicated user account for working in, and the original as the admin? Trying to keep from having to reload all software, passwords, copy work, etc. Since I don't understand this fully, not sure how to accomplish this.
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iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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I have a Macbook air 10.9.4 ... I want to reset it to the factory settings. I do not know the admin password though. I tried doing to holding down command and R thing, but all that happened was a grey screen came up with a picture of a lock, and a block for a password to be entered in, but I don't have a password....
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Reset/ Password
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I am running on OSX version 10.9.4?I have the latest software updates, including quicktime, java, adobe,For some reason my Skype and also my Pages applications are" unexpectedly quitting" This has been happening for a few days now. Initially i thought my skype was the problem So I had a look here and did all these steps URL>...
So clearly it isn't the application though if it's also happening with Pages. I have ran through my disk utility and tried to repair disks and files My memory and my Ram should all be fine, says there is plenty.
5/09/2014 10:56:14.058 pm TuneupMyMac[654]: System Cleaner /Users/conorcannon/Library/Caches/com.skype.skype: scan
5/09/2014 11:02:05.584 pm TuneupMyMac[654]: Uninstaller Scan: /Applications/Skype.app
5/09/2014 11:02:05.585 pm TuneupMyMac[654]: Uninstaller Scan: /Users/conorcannon/Library/Preferences/com.skype.skype.plist
5/09/2014 11:02:05.585 pm TuneupMyMac[654]: Uninstaller Scan: /Users/conorcannon/Library/Application Support/Skype
[code]....
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Aug 30, 2014
Sudden Preview.app shut down. Error message - it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows and will not launch. Have tried finder go option preferences to no avail.
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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Oct 28, 2009
I had been running W7 RTM and VMware 2 with no problems. Yesterday I got my copy of W7 in the mail and I upgraded to VMware 3. I installed W7 with no problems on VMware. The problem I am having now is upon rebooting W7 the shared folder I have mapped in W7 does not save my user name and password. I have to enter them each time. I am checking the box to save the information. Any idea what I'm missing or is this going to be a bug in W7? FWIW the shared folder is on my iMac.
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Jun 3, 2014
I get the following error...
Preview quit unexpectedly while using the ImageCaptureCore plug-in.
when I try to open a file in Preview. Same error occurs when I simply try to open Preview directly as well. It was working fine yesterday and prior to that. Haven't added any external devices or done any updates so I am not sure what happened. I did however download a game about two days ago called F18 Carrier Landing....could this be the cause...
Also here is the info that popped up with the error....
Process: Preview [627]Path: /Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/PreviewIdentifier: com.apple.PreviewVersion: 7.0 (826.4)Build Info: Preview-826004000000000~2Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [191]Responsible: Preview [627]User ID: 502 PlugIn Path: /System/Library/Frameworks/ImageCaptureCore.framework/Versions/A/ImageCaptureCor e
PlugIn Identifier: com.apple.ImageCaptureCorePlugIn Version:5.0 (5.0) Date/Time: 2014-06-03 14:41:15.250 -0500OS Version: Mac OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
[Code] .....
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Sep 2, 2010
I recently installed a new hard drive; thus, I had to restore my system using a backup via Time Machine. For whatever reason, upon opening mail the first time - I had to re-enter my credentials as if it were the first time I had ever opened Mail.app. That was several days ago and I have been receiving mail on my MBP just fine; however, I just went to send my first email from my MBP this morning and I was asked to enter my password b/c of a "SMTP server error". I entered my MBP password, my email account password, etc. and Nothing works...seemingly, until this is resolved - I will not be able to send mail, which will be an issue.
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Apr 15, 2009
I'm the Network Admin for my company and our Marketing Director just got a new MB Pro. I've used directory services and he can sign in and authenticate with his Windows AD credentials with no issue as well as access all resources. Problem is he travels a lot and needs to be able to login off of our internal network. Windows will cache login creds for offline logins. Is there a way to allow this in OS X also?
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