{"id":24413,"date":"2022-12-19T22:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T02:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/?p=24413"},"modified":"2023-01-30T09:43:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:43:37","slug":"no-admin-account-on-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/no-admin-account-on-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"No Admin Account On Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/no-admin-account-on-mac\/#No_Admin_Account_On_Mac\" title=\"No Admin Account On Mac\">No Admin Account On Mac<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/no-admin-account-on-mac\/#What_to_do_if_there_is_no_admin_account_on_Mac\" title=\"What to do if there is no admin account on Mac?\">What to do if there is no admin account on Mac?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/no-admin-account-on-mac\/#How_do_you_unlock_a_stolen_Macbook_Pro\" title=\"How do you unlock a stolen Macbook Pro?\">How do you unlock a stolen Macbook Pro?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/no-admin-account-on-mac\/#Is_it_OK_to_factory_reset_a_Mac\" title=\"Is it OK to factory reset a Mac?\">Is it OK to factory reset a Mac?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_Admin_Account_On_Mac\"><\/span>No Admin Account On Mac<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>You can make an admin account on Mac easily if it has no admin account. You can temporarily create a new (admin) account by following some steps. This process will not affect your data or does not result in your data loss. However, there is only one way to fix this problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add would entail booting to recovery mode in order to delete a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/mac-help\/use-macos-recovery-on-an-intel-based-mac-mchl338cf9a8\/mac\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/mac-help\/use-macos-recovery-on-an-intel-based-mac-mchl338cf9a8\/mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">configuration<\/a> file from your Mac, allowing you to run macOS Setup Assistant again, thus allowing a new administrator account on your Mac. By simply booting the Mac into either Single User or Recovery mode, you will be able to either create a new administrator account, or restore lost passwords for any existing accounts. From there, you should be able to do anything you need, including resetting your initial admin users password, if you have one. One of the easiest ways of dealing with this is creating a new user in your system, and you can do that without the need of an administrator account password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating a new user without having the admin password can be a pretty simple process if you can somehow make a Mac boot to a mode that gives you access to a terminal. When setting up a new Mac, you need to create a user account, and this first user account needs to be the administrator account. If you are using a Mac to file share at home or at work, you might want to create accounts for users to log into files on the computer, but not do anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(240deg,rgba(7,51,227,0.88) 0%,rgb(233,0,217) 100%)\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Steps<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>System Preferences<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Choose Apple menu > System Preferences<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong> Users &amp; Groups<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Click Users &amp; Groups<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Name and Password<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Click the icon to unlock it, then enter an administrator name and password<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Allow user to administer this computer<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Select a standard user or managed user in the list of users then select &#8221; Allow user to administer this computer&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How to create a admin account on MacBook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Others can be standard accounts, where its users can modify settings that impact a few things that they do on the Mac. There are shared-only accounts, which you might want to set up so users can access certain files on a Mac through the network. While most Mac users only have one account on their machine, it may be helpful to set up extra accounts for friends, family, or colleagues. While you may want to create accounts for users that will access the Mac for an extended period of time, you can also temporarily create an account for, say, a friend that is staying with you for a week, or for a temporary staff member. A friend that is staying with you for a week, or for a temporary staff member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you decide that you really want to have local administrator accounts on Mac computers that are used by your end users, there is more than one way you can configure them. If your choice of deploying additional admin accounts comes down to whether or not you want to give users these privileges, and if they will always need administrative rights, then tools such as SAP Privileges are available for deployment on Mac devices. An admin account on a Mac can add\/delete users, create groups that give them privileged access to shared files\/folders, switch the standard user to admin, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An administrator account, as its name suggests, is capable of managing the Macs computers, and has greater privileges than the other types of users, including standard users, guest users, and share-only users. All Mac computers require an administrator account in order to properly work, and to accomplish specific tasks, from installing specific software, to changing some system preferences. By logging as administrator on your Mac, you are able to manage other user accounts, install and remove applications, and modify the systems settings. Once you have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/mac-help\/change-users-groups-settings-mtusr001\/mac\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/mac-help\/change-users-groups-settings-mtusr001\/mac\" target=\"_blank\">administrative<\/a> access on the Mac, you can reset your forgotten password, and then sign out and back in using your normal account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No Admin Account Fix Mac \/ Change Other User Passwords With New Account -Mac OS-\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wQd-coQCtCU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Watch this video to learn about fixing No Admin account on a Mac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you are signed into the new administrator account, you can reset the forgotten Mac password for your original account via System Preferences. This will start Reset Password application where you can choose the account and set new password for it, thereby unlocking the login to it. Now, you can reboot your Mac from the Apple Menu, and log in using your new password. Once the Terminal window is open, you just have to locate and delete the.AppleSetupDone file, restart, and the Mac will assume that it is setting up a new user with administrative access for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once it is booted back up, you can head over to Apple > System Preferences > Users and Groups, and check the box that says &#8220;Allow users to manage this computer&#8221; for your new admin user. The final step is to return to your System Preferences > Users and Groups and create a new account, but using the same user name as your old one (make sure that the shortname for the account matches your abandoned Home folder under \/users). You could certainly change the default name of that account, but not to use the same name as your old admin in Mac. By creating a new user that will by default have admin rights, we can then log into it with the new user and do any actions necessary, including reseting passwords of administrator user accounts, or giving another user administrator rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><em>If you&#8217;re interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/unknown-accessory-detected-near-you\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61696\">Unknown Accessory Detected Near You<\/a>, take a look at my other article<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; in fact, my account has no administrator user, and therefore, there is no way of entering an administrator user name and password. The fix is that you have to trick the computer to rerun Setup Assistant, so that a new user can be created. Since you are taking the time to make the smart Computer group look at whether there is that Deadpool of user files, chances are that a created user account was created for resetting the forgotten password of one of your users. Creating a backup administrator user account could come in handy when you are locked out of your Mac &#8211; maybe it is frozen, and you have tried resetting PRAM or SMC before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><strong>If you&#8217;re interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/create-a-gmail-alias\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"62072\">Create A Gmail Alias<\/a>, take a look at my other article<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In a pinch, you can manually create a local admin account by going into System Preferences &gt; Users and groups on a Mac, unpinning the preferences pane, then adding a secondary administrator user. Based on this, administrator accounts are a pie-in-the-sky target for hackers, as once the Mac is compromised with the user running as administrator, malware (and hacker) will inherit the same capability to do any actions that are available to the administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, you can also enable guest user access so others temporarily gain access to a Mac, change an admin accounts password, and make changes in Login options to tailor your log-in experience. Soon, you will have a new user on your Mac who can perform all of the functions necessary to a working Mac. After restarting the Mac or MacBook, go through the steps for setting up a fresh admin account that has all of the administrative rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kandji <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kandji.io\/support\/solutions\/articles\/72000560407-passport-deployment-considerations\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/support.kandji.io\/support\/solutions\/articles\/72000560407-passport-deployment-considerations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Passport <\/a>can create the users local account if needed, and it keeps the users Macs local password synchronized to IDP. Kandji Passport can also be used by IT administrators to access the users Mac using their IdP credentials, without having to provision the account ahead of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_do_if_there_is_no_admin_account_on_Mac\"><\/span>What to do if there is no admin account on Mac?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In macOS, make a new admin account. This procedure entails starting the Mac in Recovery Mode to delete a setup file that prevents the macOS setup assistant from functioning properly and preventing you from setting up a new admin account.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_unlock_a_stolen_Macbook_Pro\"><\/span>How do you unlock a stolen Macbook Pro?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After logging in, choose your Mac from the Devices option at iCloud.com\/find. To prove your identity, choose Unlock and then follow the instructions. Using the passcode for your device, unlock your Mac from an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple Watch. Bring your Mac and your proof of purchase to an Apple Authorized Service Provider.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_it_OK_to_factory_reset_a_Mac\"><\/span>Is it OK to factory reset a Mac?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Try a factory reset, which completely deletes your machine and reinstalls a fresh copy of macOS, before you spend a lot of money on a new Mac. A factory reset is the best approach to make sure that no data is left on your old computer and that it is ready for a new owner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Admin Account On Mac You can make an admin account on Mac easily if it has no admin account. 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