My admin account downgraded to a standard account somehow. Anyway to make it an admin account again?

If I go to system preferences and click the lock to make changes, the pop up asks for an admin username and password. Since there is no admin, I don't know what to do. I only have have one user account and have never had any other.

I've had my disk wiped once when I entered recovery mode trying to set this right. Is there any way I can still update my account to admin? If not, any other ideas?

MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.5), mid 2012

Posted on Sep 4, 2018 9:49 AM

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My admin account downgraded to a standard account somehow. Anyway to make it an admin account again?

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