Can I install iWork without admin password?

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  1. ski2moro, Sep 16, 2009

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    Can I install iWork without the administrator's password?

    I'm installing iWork (I have the Family pack) on a family member's computer. Nothing sinister here.

    She left the computer here so I could install it while she attended a Teacher Conference and I told her I would have it done when she returned.

    Well, she didn't give me her password, she's not answering her cell phone and her husband has no clue. Ever.

    Is there a workaround I can do, or do I just need to wait for her to give it to me?
     
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  2. thegoldenmackid, Sep 16, 2009

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    If you installed the Application on another computer, you should be able to just drag the applications over?
     
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  3. richard.mac, Sep 16, 2009

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    iWork installs a lot of other files and directories in the Library folders as well. you simply just cant drag and drop the iWork '09 folder.
     
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  4. MisterMe, Sep 16, 2009

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    You promised to have the job done by the time your family member returned, not by the next time you spoke to her. Just wait until the family member picks up the phone.
     
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  5. ski2moro, Sep 16, 2009

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    Mission accomplished!

    I was hoping there was an easy work around.

    She finally called, I got her password, and my reputation as the best Mac person she knows is intact.

    Thanks everyone.

    But now I am just curious. Is it possible to create a new user with a new password and install the software so that all users on the computer can use it? Her computer is not password protected and its running, i just needed her password to install it.
     
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  6. moonman239, Mar 28, 2012

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    I'm sorry I'm bringing a thread back from the dead. I just want to point out to you and to all those who find this thread that it is indeed possible to create a user that can install software. It would have to be another admin account, which I presume the OP didn't necessarily want.

    Go to System Prefs -> Accounts, click "Add" (if it's grayed out you have to click the lock at the bottom left and enter the username and password of an existing admin account), type in the username, assign a password, then check "Allow user to administer this computer."
     
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