Used Macbook and Lost Admin account

Hi everyone
I just bought used Macbook OSX V10.8.2 and there is an admin account that I do not know its password
is there a way I can make my own admin and delete this one ? or change the admin password ?
Thanks

Job done
thanks for asking mate

Similar Messages

I use macbook and lion os. I want to sync gmail contact with address book. For this i goto preference in address book and select "sync with google". I put my gmail details. However, the sync does not happen. Please help.

i use macbook and lion os 10.7.2.
I want to sync gmail contact with address book.
For this i goto preference in address book and select "sync with google".
I put my gmail details.
However, the sync does not happen.
Please help.

You should have signed in with that address in the first place, but there is a workaround: go to System preferences>Mail, Contacts@ Calendars and add your @me.com address as an account there.

I purchased a used macbook and the other persons apple id information is still on this for example apple updates it wont allow me to update apps unless i am logged in with his email. how do i change that

i got a used macbook and the other persons apple id is still connected to the macbook. for example i cant update apps unless i have his passwod but i dont wanna pay for apps such as iphoto and more. is there anything i can do? this is a macbook 13 inch late 2008 model

You're going to have to purchase those apps for yourself. The seller shouldn't have left anything he had purchased on the computer when he sold it to you.

Bought a used iphone and someones icloud account is on it. We reset it and it still is on there. How do I get it off without knowing there email or pw???

Bought a used iphone and someones icloud account is on it. I reset it with itunes and then it only lets me get so far when it says it is still tied to another account. How can I delete it without there email and password???

Welcome to the Apple community cstm28.
Unfortunately, you cannot do very much with your phone unless you get assistance from the previous owner, they should either provide you with the password to unlock it or remove their account from the phone entirely remotely through iCloud.com > Find My Phone.

I purchased an used macbook and I don't know the old owners password, how can I reset it?

I purchased an used macbook and I don't know the old owners password, how can I reset it?

Well, it is part of the Mac. So you were shortchanged.
Call AppleCare and ask them to send you a replacement set. They will ask for the serial number and model number to sure they are give you the correct set. They will charge you a nomibnal fee for shipping and handling.
Allan

When i try to sign in itunes tells me my apple id haw not been used before and to review account but get directed to a set up apple id page. any ideas why please

when i try to sign in itunes tells me my apple id has not been used before and to review account but get directed to a set up apple id page. any ideas why please

Could it be that you are using your account on more than 10 devices? Or that more than 10 devices are still connected to your account?
"iTunes Match requires iOS 5.0.1 or later on iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch (3rd generation or later), iPad, or iPad mini, or a Mac or PC with iTunes 10.5.1 or later. Limit 25,000 songs. iTunes purchases do not count against limit. Access to some services is limited to 10 devices."

I re-installed snow leopard and my admin account is gone :(

I re-installed snow leopard and my admin account is gone
I became "standard user"
How do I get administrator priv again?
I've got the DVD original.
Any help very much appreciated
Thanks

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1278 and http://agrona.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/mac-os-x-10-5-administrator-user-changes- to-standard/ should point you in the right direction.

Was using ps6 and lost power. now its locked up. how can i get it back?

Was using ps6 and lost power. Now it's locked up. How can I get it back?

Try resetting your preferences.
Hold down Ctrl Shift Alt keys, then start Photoshop. You should get a reset dialog.
If that somehow doesn't work, use Windows System Restore to go back to an earlier system state before this happened.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/system-restore

I'm using macbook and i want to upload videos in vimeo, they informed me that safari 5.1 is no longer supported. what should i do? please advice, thank you!

i'm using macbook and i want to upload videos in vimeo, they informed me that safari 5.1 is no longer supported. what should i do? please advice, thank you!

If there is an indication of minimum specification in browser support, flash player plugin or other limits that have recently been changed, those should be available from Vimeo support.
The expectation of several things to be continued in an older OS X such as Leopard 10.5.8, has been showing its age and various browsers supporting that system online are fewer now. Safari has no upgrade version for this old of OS X. You may be able to use a different web browser to see if it would work.
There may be a later version of Flash that could work, or maybe not. A few browsers may do OK, I have a version of SeaMonkey (not the PPC version) in my MacBook1.1, running in Leopard 10.5.8. The last version of FireFox is no longer updated, but I have that too. The iCab browser (shareware) may do OK, you can test it since it runs freely w/o license.
For overall better web experience, you may need to look into the MacBook specifications and consider an upgrade to both the OS X system (buy/install retail Snow Leopard 10.6 DVD -- then download Combo Update 10.6.8 v1.1) and see if the computer can support more chip RAM installed. Of course if the hard disk drive is running full, make an external archive of your created content and a backup before considering upgrading the OS X and any applications.
With Snow Leopard 10.6.8, you have better browser support, newer Flash player plugin, and a few features that may be better for your overall experience with the MacBook. However it may ask for more resources than a basic Leopard 10.5.8 system, generally most reviews appear to be good. I have a MacBook1.1 (mid-2006) coreduo 1.83GHz model; it can run Snow Leopard 10.6.8 as a last upgrade & nothing further for mine.
While OS X 10.6.8 is a portal to attempt further OS X upgrades via Mac App Store, etc, the hardware of the early older MacBook may find better usefulness left at Snow Leopard. If you have several older applications written for PPC hardware (they run under Rosetta, an option in Snow Leopard no longer available after it) you may choose to keep the upgrade path at OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard even if there is a hint your MacBook could be upgraded to, say, Lion 10.7.5. You'd lose support for older applications not written to Universal or PPC.
Good luck & happy computing!

I recently bought a used macbook and if it doesn't have iMovie already installed on it does that mean I am going to have to buy it from the app store?

I just bought a used macbook and its been completely updated, but I cant find imovie on it. Some of the other iLife appliations are already installed onto the computer though, am I going to have to buy imovie from the app store?

iMovie is not part of iLife anymore. If you want iMovie you will have to purchase a boxed set iLife '09 or '11 that comes on DVD. It's not available in the App Store. You will find boxed sets of iLife via Google and Amazon.

Have a old macbook 2006 with newer 500 GB seagate Momentus hard drive. I took mac to apple store and they said logic board is bad. Can I purcase another used macbook and install my old seagate hard drive and have saved my information? Thanks for any imput

Have a old macbook 2006 with newer 500 GB seagate Momentus hard drive. I did not backup any docs or pictures. The macbook crashed my fault. I took mac to apple store and they said logic board is bad. Can I purcase another used macbook and install my old seagate hard drive and have saved all my information? Thanks for any imput.

mgott55 wrote:
Can I install my used existing hard drive in a compatible macbook to save everything?
If you need to extract the drive's content you can remove it and install it in a $10 USB enclosure. It will be readable by any recent Mac.

Single user mode, Lost Admin Account, and Disk Permissions

Okay, so I have quite a few issues here. I will start from the beginning.
About a week ago, I tried to install some updates and I could not get the Admin account to work. I went to the users profile and noticed my Admin account was not there. Did a quick search and found Apple's outline of how to fix this via the Operational DVD and the root user. Tried this and it would never work, because as soon as I restarted the computer or changed screens it switched back to a standard account.
Next up, I went into the terminal to check the Admin User group. As it turns out it is not there. So I find a discussion on there that outlines how to rebuild this in single user mode and the Unix prompt. So, I print it off and try to restart in single user mode. After trying two different keyboards and a sum total of 8 to 10 times, I can't restart in single user mode to get to the Unix prompt.
One last thing, last night I went into the Disk Utility on the start-up DVD. I wanted to check the Repair Permission log and I got the following:
ACL found but not expected on "private/var/root/Library/Preferences"
ACL found but not expected on "private/var/root/Library/"
ACL found but not expected on "Network"
Thoughts?
Thanks for your help!
tpp

first, the ACL messages can be ignored. if you can't get to single user mode you can't fix your admin group. the only reasons that I know why you wouldn't be able to do that is
1. a defective keyboard
2. you have a firmware password set. have you? you'd have to turn it off before you can get to single user mode.
lastly when you restart in single user mode make sure you press command+s right after you hear the chime. do not press it too early or too late. lastly, I'm not sure which instructions you've found to fix the admin group but I have them in this thread
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8011324

Lost Admin account while installing Leopard

While installing Leopard I've somehow lost my only Admin account. Consequently I can no longer install new software. I've attempted to boot backup using the Leopard install DVD and holding down the "C" key but it boots straight back into Leopard without the option to change the password. I've also attempted to boot into single user by holding down the Apple and "S" key but that didn't work ether. Of course attempting to reinstall Tiger doesn't work because I get a pop up that states it can't be installed. At this point I've ran out of options and look forward to any helpful suggestions.

Here is what I had to do:
Insert the 10.5 Install CD.
In the finder go to the 'Go' menu and select 'Go To Folder'
In the field provided type: /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/Applications/Utilities and hit enter
Open the Startup Disk application
Select the install DVD as your start up disk. You must quit the start up disk app, it will not let you restart for it.
Restart the computer with the DVD in the drive.
You can now set or reset the password for the Administrator (root) account.
Set the start up disk as your normal start up disk. Reboot.
Log in with the id root and the password you set/reset
Open System Preferences
Select Accounts
Set the desired account to an admin accout.
Log out of root (This is VERY IMPORTANT)
log in to your admin account.
You may want to disable your root account at this point but since this issue could reoccur it may be better not to, though this creates certain security issues.
April.

Find my mac and non-admin account

Hello all,
so, on my macbook pro I have 2 user accounts. One is the administrator account, that I don't normally use to work. The other is a non-admin regular account which is what I log into every day for my work.
Today I upgraded to Lion 10.7.2 and went to configure iCloud, using the regular account. I saw that I could not select Find my mac as administrative authorization was required.
Fair enough, so I logged out and logged back into the administrator account, went to iCloud settings, and sure enough I was able to check find my mac. I was asked for confirmation, said ok, then closed system preferences and logged out of the administrator.
I then logged again into my normal account, and went to check the iCloud settings. I expected to see that Find my mac would be selected (although not modifiable from this account). Instead, it was not checked. Going to iCloud.com's "Find my iPhone" panel showed a message that no device was configured.
So, am I getting something wrong? Do I actually have to be logged in as an administrator to let Find my mac work? Note that, even logging in as the administrator, if I go to iCloud.com I still see that no device is configured.
Thanks for any suggestions. Cheers.

I have the same setup as yourself (standard user for everyday use, admin user for software install and system settings change) and I was able to set up FMM in the admin account with no problems, except some pre-requisites: while logged in to the admin profile you have to 1) install the Lion HD Recovery Update, 2) enable location services in the Security & Privacy PrefPane and 3) enable Wake For Network Access in the Power Adapter section of the Energy Saver PrefPane.
I didn't want to set up iCloud sync in the admin profile but Apple made me to. Anyway, it seems I don't have to stay logged in to the admin account for FMM to work.
I hope this helps.

My wife and I have separate login for the Macbook, and separate iCloud accounts, by my contacts still sync to her iPhone. Why is this, and how can we fix it so every time she turns iCloud on, she doesn't end up with all my contacts?

Hey everyone,
This problem has been bugging me for a very long time, and have not been able to find the answer I am looking for.
My wife and I both have separate iphone's with separate iCloud accounts and all. We also both use a Macbook Pro with separate logins.
The issue is, when my wife logs in to her account on the macbook, and turns the contacts on to sync with icloud on her phone, all of my contacts are saving to her phone.
This has happened multiple times, and she says she just wont use it, but I rather have everything work together correctly.
Please help!!!

If you share an Apple ID, both of your phone numbers should be linked to that ID. You should be able to use your phone number as well. My wife, my daughter and I all share an Apple ID for purchases, and we each text from our iOS devices using our own iPhone numbers.
When iOS 6 came out, you were able to link the phone number with your Apple ID to use for Messages and FaceTime. You will need to sign out of messages on all devices and then start the process all over again.
Take a look at this.
iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use - Support

Used Macbook and Lost Admin account

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for