recently my daughter gave me her macbook pro. she's still the administrator and I'm using her password for computer access. I woud like to change ownership/administrator to my name on this computer. How do I do it?
in OS 10.12
from an admin account, if none exist then your daughers.
open >System Preferences/Users and Groups
unlock the padlock panel
press "+" to create a new admin account, give it admin rights.
completely reboot the computer
log into the new admin account, unlock the padlock in the panel.
select your daughters account from the list of accounts
change your daughters account so "Allow user to administer this computer" is no longer ticked off, this will be grayed out unless another admin account is on the system.
Provide your daughters account/pass if prompted
completely reboot and log back in as admin or your daughters account
your daughters account should now show "Standard" beneath her account name.
now I could be mistaken but in earlier versions of OS X you could change the account your are currently in from Admin to Standard (or vice versa)
Jimmy's instructions will do what you want except:
You will still be tied to her Apple ID and need to use it for all downloads and purchases.
If that's not what you want, follow these instructions:
What to do before you sell or give away your Mac - Apple Support
Hey Jimmy! followed your instruction, but when I logged in as admin there was nothing on the desktop except a pic of a mountain ~ no folders, no hd folder, nothing except the bottom menu bar. what happened here?
Step 5 is the one that will free you from her Apple ID. It all depends on what you want, as does de-authorizing her iTunes.
can't see your reply, Mr. Jimmy
ok got it.
how about 10.10.5, would this work? other suggestions say I should completely erase the hard drive and re-install ~ too darn long. this short-cut would work?
would I be able to delete her account after all this is done?
can I skip step 5?, like I said erase and re-install takes too much time. I rather do Jimmy's suggestion.
how about iTunes? do I de-authorize that?
excellent point. thank you.
changing ownership/adminstrator on a macbook pro
