Changed my permissions from admin to standard

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Changed my permissions from admin to standard

During the process of trying to change my username, I've accidentally changed my permissions as an admin to standard and I can't fix it. There are no other admin users on my computer.

Please help me!

macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Mar 16, 2018 2:04 AM

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Answer 1

tygb

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Mar 16, 2018 6:13 AM in response to minahip

If admin account name is changed and converted into standard account , enter in single user mode .

Choose Apple menu > Restart, or press the power button if your Mac is turned off.
Press Command-S as your Mac starts up.
The screen is black with standard white text. You can now run the UNIX commands that you want.
Execute this command .

mv /var/db/.AppleSetupDone /var/db/.OldAppleSetupDone

Then press enter key after that .

exit

Restart the Mac , then it will prompt language then create a new user account .

Note : in the first terminal command there is space after mv and also after AppleSetupDone

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Answer 2

dialabrain

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Mar 16, 2018 3:11 AM in response to minahip

See: My Mac has No Admin account

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Answer 3

Eric Root

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Mar 16, 2018 7:24 AM in response to minahip

If the above doesn't work,

User Account – Add New Admin In Single User Mode

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minahip Author

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Mar 16, 2018 2:51 PM in response to tygb

Everything works in single user mode; i can enter the commands and it doesn't seem to be entered incorrectly. However, when I reboot, I end up with the usual sign in page rather than Language.

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