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How do I become administrator on my mac book - when I follow and it asks for name and password it says " managed "not administrator name - HELP

When I want to make changes and I go to " unlock " it asks me for my administrator name and password.


Where do I find as when I do hit "unlock " it comes up "managed " and not administrator under my name


How do I change to Administrator and find the right username and password


Posted on Nov 23, 2020 11:24 AM

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Posted on Nov 23, 2020 11:29 AM

Where/how did you get this device? It is either company/school owned and therefore "managed". So you will need to check with their IT department.


If you bought it from them, they need to remove their "management" and prepare it properly for sale:


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065

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How do I become administrator on my mac book - when I follow and it asks for name and password it says " managed "not administrator name - HELP

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