HT201364 do you have to have an administrator password to install OS X Mavericks

Do you need an administrator password to install os x mavericks. I am trying to dowload and it is asking me for password?

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When i move something to the trash i have to enter an administrator password

After I installed Lion, I now have to enter an Administrator and password before the item is deleted.
Also, it never shows up in the trash after it is removed form the original folder.
Where are the files going that are deleted?

Well I found the answer in a different community.
The problem was that somehow when I loaded Lion, permissions were changed for my own trash folder.
The fix was to open the terminal and run the following command:
1. Fire up Terminal - located in your Applications/Utilities folder.
2. At the command prompt type the following exactly (just copy and paste it to ensure it's entered properly):
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash
3. Hit Return. You'll be asked to enter your Admin password. Note that the cursor within the Terminal window will not move as you enter your password.
4. Hit Return
5. Restart your Mac or log out then back in again.
This information from: http://www.techradar.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-27211.html
All seems good now.

My Mac book doesn't have an OS. How do I install OS X Mavericks on it?

I recently fixed my Mac book and had to blew out the entire hard drive and with that the OS disappeared. How do I install OS X Mavericks when you have to download it from App Store which I don't have?

Install OS 10.6 from the DVD. The 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD is in the Apple online store. You can get it for $19.99. You will need to be running 10.6.8 to access the App Store to order Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

Prompting of Administrator Password When Installing New Software.

I recently installed some software onto my Mac but I was not prompted to enter my administrator username and password as is usually the case (or so I thought).
Does anybody have any ideas as to why an administrator password is not always required when installing new software? The reason I ask is that I thought that this was one of the protections offered by the Mac to prevent unknown installations of Malware etc.
Thanks.

No password will ever be requested when you simply use drag and drop to install an application in the Applications folder. This is because you are a member of the admin group, and the admin group has authorized access to the Applications folder.
Nothing should install without your knowledge. If you are concerned about viruses and the like, then that's a different matter altogether from the question you asked. See this:
Do You Need Anti-Virus Protection for Your Mac?
According to Rich Mogull's article, Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software?,
"The reality is that today the Mac platform is relatively safe. There are hundreds of thousands of viruses and other malicious software programs floating around for Windows, but less than 200 are known to target the Mac, and many of those are aimed at versions of the Mac OS prior to Mac OS X (and thus have no effect on a modern Mac).
It's not that Mac OS X is inherently more secure against viruses than current versions of Windows (although it was clearly more secure than Windows prior to XP SP2); the numerous vulnerabilities reported and patched in recent years are just as exploitable as their Windows equivalents. But most security experts agree that malicious software these days is driven by financial incentives, and it's far more profitable to target the most dominant platform."
Mr. Mogull is a computer security expert. I recommend reading the entire article as it is quite informative.
For additional information on viruses, trojans, and spyware visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on viruses and spyware.

Forgot my administrator password to install software

I am trying to install my printer software and it is asking me for authorization(my admin password). I cannot remember it. Is there a way for me to change it or bypass this password authorization all together? I know I can reinstall my OSX software, but I lost the install discs. Any suggestions for that also? Is there any way that apple will resend those discs to me or maybe I can install the OSX software off the web? Any advice would be great....thanks.

It actually should be possible to reset the admin password without the install disks. Have you ever heard of single user boot mode? If you hold command-s during startup, your computer will boot to a root shell from which you can do nearly anything you want (be careful not to type any commands unless you know what they do, as you could damage your files). I'm no expert, but I've had success with the following commands:
sh /etc/rc this boots your computer fully while remaining in single user mode, it may take a while
niutil -list . /users this command gives the shortname of all the accounts on your computer. you need to know the shortname of the account that you're trying to change the password for
passwd [shortname] you will now be prompted to enter and confirm your password, you will not see any characters appear as you type, this is normal
reboot you're done, you can now use your computer normally
iMac G4 (USB 2.0) and PowerBook G4 (15 inch, 1.67 GHz) Mac OS X (10.4.4)

When trying to install I get a screen asking for "settings wants to change computer" or some sun wording, have tried my Apple administrative password and my Adobe password - neither seems to work - what not?

Tryng to install Adobe photoshop elements 13 on my iMac, I am asked for a password to allow "settings" change my compute. have tried both my admin Mac password and my adobe password, no luck - any help?

Moving this discussion to the Downloading, Installing, Setting Up forum.
Maryb37893563 can you please post of a screen shot of the log in screen in question?

I am new to Macs and, although I like it, I still don't understand it's behavior. When would you need to provide the administrative password at boot time? Safe Mode?

Background...
I joined the Mac bandwagon about 2 months ago. I am still getting used to it, but like it so far. Last week, I activated a new Iphone on my Imac. I needed to key in my userid and password. 3 days later, my itunes account was hacked into. My itunes information was scrambled. My itunes email, home address, and password were changed. Also, they didn't use my credit card which was attached to my account to make any purchases (they deleted my card and put someone else's card on my account to buy $100 worth of gift cards). I didn't receive any emails from Apple that my password, or email were changed, but I did get 2 receipts from the Itunes Store identifiying the purchases. Apple support fixed everything, but couldn't offer any explanation on what happened, other than to say my account was "modified". I don't like coincidences.
I freely admit that I didn't do enough to protect my login credentials as I used the same userid and password on multiple sites (since corrected). I still don't know how my account was accessed. I started to wonder if there may have been a key logger installed on my Imac without my knowing it. I am pretty careful with installing software and have purchase about 15 applications, all either from the itunes store, or from other reputable sources. I have never made any in-app purchases.
I understand that to install a key logger you would need to supply the admin password, which brings me to my question....
About 4 weeks ago, my wife was using the Imac on facebook. While she was there, the Imac experienced a hard crash. We had to do push and hold the button on the back of Imac to get it to shut down and reboot. When it came up, it required the admin password, and dropped me into a mode where it wouldn't recognize the external disk drive which was attached via USB. I needed to restart the machine and everything appeared to be normal. I assumed that this was Apples version of "safe" mode, but now I am not so sure. Could a key logger have been installed during this event? Is this expected behavior after a hard reset?
I have McAfee for Mac installed and it hasn't detected any threats, but McAfee is pretty wishy-washy on it's ability to detect key loggers. I am thinking about Macscan or Little Snitch. I would do a reinstall of the OS, if I only knew how.
Any help?

your itunes accoutn have nothing to d with your computer
you can go to any computer with internet access in the world and
login into your itunes account if you have the appleID and password
the itunes account is placed on apples itunes servers

HT201364 having problems with administrator & password having installed Maverick

Having installed Maverick OSX it does not allow me to unlock any preferences until I enter an Administators name & password of which I do not know please HELP!!

OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 MountainLion & 10.9 Mavericks
Reset Password using Recovery HD
Boot into Recovery Partition.
Start the computer,then press and hold down command and R keys to start into recovery partition.
When you see the Apple logo, release the keys.
Wait until OS X Utilities window shows up.
Move the mouse to the menubar at the top and click "Utilities", then select "Terminal"
from the drop down.
Terminal window will appear.
Type in resetpassword and press enter on the keyboard.
Leave the Terminal window open.
Reset Password Utility window will open with Macintosh HD selected.
Select the user account from the popup menu box.
Enter a new password.
Reenter the new password for the user.
Enter a hint.
Click the "Save" button.
Click  in the menubar and select Restart.

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To add to Mylenium's reply, here's how to do it on Windows and this is what microsoft website says:
Why do I have to be an administrator to install a program?
Only administrators can make changes that will affect everyone who uses the computer, such as installing software and hardware and changing security settings.
If the program you are trying to install or run says you must have administrator rights, but you are already an administrator on the computer, right-click the installation icon for the program, and then click Run as administrator. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
If the program installs but does not run, right-click the program icon, click Properties, click the Compatibility tab, select the Run this program as an administrator check box, and then try to run the program.

Changing Domain Administrator Password : How can I find out what all servers / services are currently using this?

Good morning all,
I took over as IT director for the school district in my town about 2 years ago, and we've had some techs come and go, all of which have had the domain administrator password (not my call, but my fault for not changing it by now). I am about to change
it, but before doing so I want to know how I can make sure what all this will break so I can quickly change the cached/saved password on whatever supporting services use this user/pass.
Can anyone help here?
Thank you!

Hello,
In my point of view if I were in this situation I would Change the domain administrator password. By
Resetting the domain administrators all the services which use domain administrator as their logon user, will lose their functionality. I had this experience and I did change the domain administrator password with no problem. However do not
forget to have a account lockout tool or script for locating the place where the account was locked out.
But to keep it short most of the time. lockout problems are arise from mapped drives, credential manager and saved RDP sessions and etc.
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Help - Lost Administrator Password: Recovery Desktop Frozen

I have an early 2009 24" iMac running 10.7.4. I have Find my Mac active and have somehow lost my administrator password.
I have seen other questions and answers. I cannot log out to reset the password. Command + R takes me to the recovery desktop. Track pad and arrow keys allow me to navigate around the recovery screen but I am unable to select Utlilities>Terminal. In fact I cannot select any of the other options e.g. re-install Lion etc.
Getting desparate, so please, can anyone help?
AH54

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Lost Administrator Password

Hello,
I hav a used HP Compaq 6730s with a windows xp os . I go to the log on screen and I do not know the password. Can anyone help me figure out a way to access the start or a way to bypass the administrator log in screen? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Log on as an administrator.
Restart the computer.
Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE two times, and then type the name of the administrator user account.
Note If you do not know any other administrator user account, try to type Adminstrator in the User name box.
In the Password box, type the administrator password, and then click OK.
Note If you do not know the administrator password, leave it blank, and then click OK.
Reset the password.
Click Start, and then click Run.
Type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.
On the Users tab, click the name of the user account that you want to reset the password for, and then click Reset Password.
Type a new password in the New password box, and then type the password again in the Confirm new password box, and then click OK.
Restart the computer, and then try to log on to Windows XP again.
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Resetting the password if you don’t know the administrator password
OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite
Reset Password
Start the computer,then press and hold down command and R keys to start into recovery partition.
When you see the Apple logo, release the keys.
Wait until OS X Utilities window shows up.
Move the mouse to the menubar at the top and click "Utilities", then select "Terminal"
from the drop down.
Terminal window will appear.
Type in resetpassword and press enter on the keyboard.
Leave the Terminal window open.
Reset Password Utility window will open with Macintosh HD selected.
Select the user account from the popup menu box under “Select user account”.
Enter a new password.
Reenter the new password for the user.
Enter a hint.
Click the "Save" button.
Click  in the menubar and select Restart.
Log in.
If Keychain dialog box appears, select “Create New Keychain”.

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attempts, I receive this messege System Disabled [59781500]. Could
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