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Advanced Options missing?

I don't see any Advanced Options in Users & Groups (OS X Mojave 10.14.6).


Are these instructions out of date?


I did a migration from one system to another and it created a "User 1" home folder for the account because it already had "User" but after confirming everything was where I wanted it, and deleting the old "User" folder, I renamed the "User 1" folder to "User". The account name is the same so I didn't plan to change it but was just following instructions and there's only Reset Password and Open Parental Controls buttons for the account I migrated, which is also an administrator.

Mac mini, macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 20, 2020 6:04 AM

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Posted on Apr 20, 2020 6:46 AM

You must make those changes using another admin user. You will damage the account if you try to do the changes while logged into that account.

You get to "Advanced Options…" by ctrl-clicking on the user name.

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