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Monterey 12.4 - After a software update, I now have a secondary administrator account

I'm running a Late 2020 Mac Mini with Apple silicon. After a recent software update, I am presented with a secondary administrator's account. My original account was 'myname' and set up as an administrator. It's been this way since my first Mac purchase years ago. Now when I first start the computer, I'm given a choice of 'myname' Administrator or 'mynameadmin' administrator. The correct account has my contact picture. The new faux has a ?. When I login to the original account as an administrator, system preferences, users, there are no other admin accounts. When I login to the faux admin account, the same preferences shows both the faux account and the original admin account. How the heck do I get rid of the faux account? I don't want to "live with it"...I wanna get rid of it! GRRRR APPLE! Suggestions anyone?

Mac mini, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jun 14, 2022 6:58 AM

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Posted on Jun 14, 2022 7:04 AM

Win W wrote:

I'm running a Late 2020 Mac Mini with Apple silicon. After a recent software update, I am presented with a secondary administrator's account. My original account was 'myname' and set up as an administrator. It's been this way since my first Mac purchase years ago. Now when I first start the computer, I'm given a choice of 'myname' Administrator or 'mynameadmin' administrator. The correct account has my contact picture. The new faux has a ?. When I login to the original account as an administrator, system preferences, users, there are no other admin accounts. When I login to the faux admin account, the same preferences shows both the faux account and the original admin account. How the heck do I get rid of the faux account? I don't want to "live with it"...I wanna get rid of it! GRRRR APPLE! Suggestions anyone?


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Delete a user or group on Mac - Apple Support


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Jun 14, 2022 7:04 AM in response to Win W

Win W wrote:

I'm running a Late 2020 Mac Mini with Apple silicon. After a recent software update, I am presented with a secondary administrator's account. My original account was 'myname' and set up as an administrator. It's been this way since my first Mac purchase years ago. Now when I first start the computer, I'm given a choice of 'myname' Administrator or 'mynameadmin' administrator. The correct account has my contact picture. The new faux has a ?. When I login to the original account as an administrator, system preferences, users, there are no other admin accounts. When I login to the faux admin account, the same preferences shows both the faux account and the original admin account. How the heck do I get rid of the faux account? I don't want to "live with it"...I wanna get rid of it! GRRRR APPLE! Suggestions anyone?


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Delete a user or group on Mac - Apple Support


Jun 14, 2022 8:31 AM in response to Win W

Win W wrote:

Thanks so much for the thoughtful response. I realize that you put quite a lot of time and effort into it. It might have been a bit more helpful if you had actually responded with something other than a "?" because while I am brilliant...I'm not clairvoyant. What a putz


you have to click on the ref link—as presented above...


If you still have a issue, maybe you can say more to the point.

Monterey 12.4 - After a software update, I now have a secondary administrator account

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