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No administrator on mac

Is it ok to not be logged in as administrator?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 1, 2021 6:07 PM

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Posted on Jul 1, 2021 6:23 PM

First, do NOT delete the administrator account, and do NOT switch the sole administrative login to non-administrator. That ends badly. Better still, add a second backup administrator login, on the off chance something goes wrong with the primary. As for logging in and operating as a non-administrator, that works just fine. You won’t be able to access any administrative functions, short of entering the administrative credentials.

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Jul 1, 2021 6:23 PM in response to mwr77

First, do NOT delete the administrator account, and do NOT switch the sole administrative login to non-administrator. That ends badly. Better still, add a second backup administrator login, on the off chance something goes wrong with the primary. As for logging in and operating as a non-administrator, that works just fine. You won’t be able to access any administrative functions, short of entering the administrative credentials.

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