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what's the difference between an administrator and a user? Where is the admin password?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 21, 2020 8:07 AM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2020 8:46 AM

An admin is required to install things & change certain settings, or delete certain things, & can control Standard users.


Look in Sys Prefs>Users & Groups, on the left, under each name is the account type.

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