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Administrator Account

I bought and iMac Computer and had my account set up, so I thought as an administrator. If I had one, then I forgot the password. When I go into the Users and Groups, it only shows why Standard Account. I have gone through the instructions using Command +S and I never have a black screen pop up to enter any commands. When I use the Command+R and type in resetpassword, it says that it doesn't recognize command or command is unknown. how can I get me and administrator account or reset my password, if I had an administrator account, so that I can download software on my computer?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 22, 2021 8:20 PM

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Posted on Mar 22, 2021 9:11 PM

Easiest method is to restart in the Recovery Partition (hold down Command + R on startup), then open Terminal and type resetpassword and follow the on-screen prompts. 


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