Ventura Install Failure as not the owner

I'm unable to install Ventura as the install states I am not the owner of my MacBook Air. Uninstalling Clean My Mac does not work as recommended. What is the solution, or should I contact Apple?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Oct 24, 2022 04:10 PM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2022 04:34 AM

The " Owner Account of this computer "  has that privilege to add, remove, upgrade or downgrade accounts. This would include adding more Admin Accounts and / or downgrading an ADDED Admin account 


Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac


Normally the " Owner Account  " is the very first Account used when the Computer was Very First Setup as New and out of the box.


Adding additional Admin Account can be done there after.

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Oct 25, 2022 04:34 AM in response to nopace

The " Owner Account of this computer "  has that privilege to add, remove, upgrade or downgrade accounts. This would include adding more Admin Accounts and / or downgrading an ADDED Admin account 


Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac


Normally the " Owner Account  " is the very first Account used when the Computer was Very First Setup as New and out of the box.


Adding additional Admin Account can be done there after.

Oct 24, 2022 05:01 PM in response to nopace

nopace wrote:

I'm unable to install Ventura as the install states I am not the owner of my MacBook Air. Uninstalling Clean My Mac does not work as recommended. What is the solution, or should I contact Apple?


Ask the owner of your Macbook Air for assistance...



if you are your Mac admin— try to disable filevault and then enable again— it will force the sync and you will get ownership of the disk.


If your Mac is managed by or bound to some enterprise or MDM talk to their tech support for assistance.

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