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"Apple wants to make changes" pop up message asking for my password?

I have been receiving a pop up message frequently stating "Apple wants to make changes" then asking for my password? Is this something legitimate?

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Sep 18, 2018 10:57 AM

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Sep 20, 2018 6:45 AM in response to winim64

I have this too. Once i did put in my password but it keeps coming back. choosing cancel closes that pop up but there is another exact copy that I also cancel and then a third one is revealed. Cancel that one and it goes away. It all comes back in a few days.

What is this and how to get rid of it. I hope someone from Apple will look into this and tell us what to do.

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Sep 30, 2018 7:36 AM in response to winim64

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"Apple wants to make changes" pop up message asking for my password?

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