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salanddaz

macrumors member
Original poster
Hi,

Please can someone help with this.

I added an addition admin account on the users and groups page and this appears to have removed admin rights from my account and changed it to Standard. When I now unlock for changes, the prompt box has removed my name, leaving the 'Username' and 'password' empty.

I have tried to add in the username of the admin account (I just called it admin) and the password I setup but it won't work. Also the admin account I added doesn't show in the list of user accounts and only setup a group called 'Admin's public folder'.

I now cannot do anything that involves admin access - what can I do?
 
You could try this method to re-run Setup Assistant and create a new, unique User Account (which will have admin rights).

Hopefully, once you’re back in with that account you can get things straightened out.
 
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