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lost administrator login

hi. I tried to change the user name for the Administrator and it just changed the Administrator to a standard user and now I don't have ANY Admin users so can't make any changes!

running OS 10.13.6 on MacBook Pro mid-2012

help!!!!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Apr 30, 2022 11:11 AM

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Eric Root

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Posted on Apr 30, 2022 12:51 PM

See if anything here helps.

User Account – Add New Admin In Single User Mode. -

User Account – Add New Admin. -

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