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Can't unlock System Preferences though i am administrator and know all passwords

I can't unlock the advanced system preferences. I click on the lock icon at the left bottom in Security & Privacy (I also tried in Users & Groups) and enter my password, i tried both the one for my mac and the one for my apple id but it just shakes and is not accepting anyone of them.


I have tried:


  • Checking that i am an administrator. I am.
  • Changing my apple id and mac passwords (3 times, both from the recovery mode, with the resetpassword command, in Users & Groups and on this website...)
  • Deleting the system preferences caches in the Caches folder in Library.


This is not making any sense to me.

I have tried everything i have found when googling "Find my password to unlock System Preferences" and sentences like that.


Note: I have recently upgraded to IOS BigSur 11.1, and i have problems with running Virtualbox. I tried uninstall Virtualbox and install it again and needed to give permission to do that, and therefore ran into this problem.


Please help.



MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Jan 7, 2021 7:00 AM

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Posted on Jan 7, 2021 11:12 AM

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203127

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Can't unlock System Preferences though i am administrator and know all passwords

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