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when it asks you for the administrator’s name and password what is it actually asking for?

Administrators name and password

Posted on Dec 11, 2017 9:43 PM

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Posted on Dec 12, 2017 4:05 AM

When you first bought your Mac or installed the MacOS on a new hard drive, you created an account and gave it a password. That is your administrator's account and password.

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when it asks you for the administrator’s name and password what is it actually asking for?

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