Admin account changed to standard, lost admin access!

I was trying to change Admin name and it changed it to standard account, when I try to single boot, it asks me to login w/password to continue, so I don't get to re-setup!


I DO have filevault on and I have not backed up in a long time. Yikes. What do I do.

I tried singleboot and entering

mount -uw /

rm /var/db/ .AppleSetupDone

reboot

but it keeps bringing me to login (now standard) to enter password

It also makes me login before I get the black screen to single boot

Does that make sense?

Help!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 4:33 PM

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