How to create an admin account without having an admin account locally

I changed the username of my only admin account and that changed my only admin account to a standard account.


How do I change that account to an admin account or how do I create an admin account?


Macos Ventura: 13.7.4

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Posted on Mar 27, 2025 12:30 AM

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Mar 27, 2025 8:51 AM in response to Njuguna6950

You can use the instructions in the following article to create a new admin user account:

Restarting Setup Assistant to create Admin User Account - Apple Community


Then you will need to follow the instructions within the link @PRP_53 provided to fix your main admin user account.



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Mar 27, 2025 2:08 AM in response to Njuguna6950

Unfortunately, you may have not followed all the instructions when changing the User Account and the Home folder associated with these actions


Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder


AFAIK - what you asking to do may not be possible


You may need to Start Over from Scratch


I am away, in some circumstance, you might need to do some technical things that may allow you to run Setup as if the machine were brand New


But I am not 100 % of how or if this would work

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