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Q: New Hard Drive on old iMac - need help getting Admin rights

My iMac hard drive finally crashed & I had to get a new one. The Apple Store did great at saving my files & programs, but I didn't know there had been a password set up originally (more than one person used this computer) and now I can't use some of my software already installed.  It also won't allow me to re-install it, without a password.

How do I change my Administrator Password in order to enable me to install new photo software?  The system won't allow me to use some of my own programs at this point.  I have OS X Lion and the Support information claims I can go to Users & Groups and just click on my Apple ID somehow, but I can't get it unlocked to begin with.  What do I do??

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 6, 2013 7:47 PM

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