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My login credentials had an "Admin" Account status on my MacBook Pro but after resetting the password, it got replaced to "Standard". Now I can't seem to change it back to the Admin credentials. I can't even restart because it says only an administrator can close other user sessions. Any guidance on how to change this?
thomassantosh
Posted 2017-11-17T04:46:06.910
Reputation: 101
You can always force restart by long-pressing the power button. Do you have access to other Admin account? – Darius – 2017-11-17T06:34:31.330
Asked & answered on Ask Different - https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/164332/85275 Once you have a new admin account, you can restore the privileges to your existing one from there.
– Tetsujin – 2017-11-17T07:59:04.907No, apparently no account had Admin privileges. I ended up finally going to the Apple Store and have a "Genius" perform some workaround. Interestingly, if I had waited a week, I would've known that I could've logged into the root without a password (recent Apple security issue) and resolved my issue that way... – thomassantosh – 2017-12-04T04:46:00.220