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I recently bought a Mac book pro A 1286 no passwords logged in but the administrator is still logged in and I can't get a hold the saler what can i do

Posted on Dec 10, 2022 3:47 PM

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Dec 10, 2022 3:56 PM in response to Jmsrimes123

Jmsrimes123 Said:

"Administrator logged in: I recently bought a Mac book pro A 1286 no passwords logged in but the administrator is still logged in and I can't get a hold the saler what can I do"

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Getting an Admin Account Logged Out Of:

Get ahold of the seller. This is the site the seller should have used, prior to selling it to you: What to do Before you Sell, Give Away, or Trade In your Mac - Apple Support. The seller should have known better.


Dec 11, 2022 4:26 AM in response to Jmsrimes123

See if you can create a new administrator account by restarting the Setup Assistant:

  1. Boot into Single User Mode: Start/restart your Mac. As soon as you hear the startup tone, press and hold ⌘ + S until you see a black screen with white lettering. (If you end up back on the login screen after a flash of the black screen with white lettering, enter your password and it will return to the black screen.)
  2. Check and repair the drive by typing /sbin/fsck -fy then ↩ enter - as directed by the on-screen text.
  3. Mount the drive as read-write by typing /sbin/mount -uw / then ↩ enter.
  4. Remove the Apple Setup Done file by typing rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone then ↩ enter.
  5. Reboot by typing reboot then ↩ enter.
  6. Complete the setup process, creating a new admin account.


Be very careful to notice the spaces in those Terminal Commands.


Once you've done that the computer reboots and it's like the first time you used the machine, except all your data will still be there. Your old accounts are all safe. From there you just change all other account passwords in the account preferences!!

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