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List of users in Permissions

I had occasion to look at the list of users in my Permissions for my Macintosh HD on my MacBook Pro (Big Sur). This is what I saw—


I'd expected to see my account name in the list, but I've read in this forum that I should not expect that. Okay ... but what is "wheel"? He/she/it has Read & Write privileges, so I'd like to know.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 14, 2021 4:45 AM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2021 6:13 AM

Oh, never mind. I just found the answer in this old post from 2009—

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2210858

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List of users in Permissions

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