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I'm normally pretty good with recording passwords in 1Password, but apparently I mis-recorded the admin password to my macMini. I know the what the basic structure of the password should be, but ...
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I’m using the latest macOS (Sonoma, as of December 2024), and I’ve set up a standard account for myself while a trusted friend holds the admin account credentials. I want my standard account to have ...
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I'm on a machine with zero admin access and zero possibility of obtaining said access. Is there a way for me to accept the license agreement without knowing the admin password?
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I have a Macbook Pro M1 running Sequoia 15.1.1. I only have one user installed on my Mac, and this user suddenly seems to have lost its admin status. Looking in system prefs shows that the user is now ...
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I want to be able to approve application requests from an Apple Watch (AW) by double-pressing the side button. The setting is titled "Use AW to unlock your applications and your Mac". ...
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I'm the Admin user on my Mac mini but sometimes other family members use the Mac mini too with their own user/profile. Sometimes they forget to logout though. I don't know their logins so I can't ...
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I have a system with normal user accounts and an account with "administrator" privileges. Whenever that admin account is logged in, normal users can not shut down the system any more. I need ...
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My Macbook keyboard has a touch ID button in the top right corner. When performing tasks that require elevated privileges (such as installing new apps) I'm asked to input my user password. I'd like to ...
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A while ago, my remote job had mass layoffs and let ex-employees keep our computers. IT claimed they reset the computers remotely, but it didn't seem to work. My issue is that since I don't have ...
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I'm trying to get rid of a stray Netskope Client (NSClient1) VPN entry that wouldn't go away. I found its traces only in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.networkextension.plist - this is the system's ...
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I was gifted a 2007 iMac A1224 OS X 10.4.10 with a forgotten admin pw. Command+r doesn't get to any erase disc/reinstall os. Is there a way to change the admin pw thru the command+s single user mode ...
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I lost the admin account on my Mac and I want to factory reset my macbook. Will it erase all the accounts and help me create a new admin account?
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I am helping a friend who was deleting some files and sudo stopped working for him. He reset his computer and can't log back in. First he gets- Reset password using Apple ID credentials I enter ...
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I have a 2019 Macbook Pro, Ventura. Recently, I've noticed that my system password (I am the only user, and I checked in Users & Groups) doesn't work to change my Privacy and Security settings. I ...
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I'm sorry if the language in the title is confusing. I struggled to type out what I'm trying to do in one sentence. Hopefully I can provide some context below that will help. My company buys Mac ...
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