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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
5 eMacs - all locked with admin passwords
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 839917" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>When you are logged in, are you logged in as regular user or one with administrative privileges? The behavior you are describing sounds to me like a regular user with severe restrictions, or even a guest account.</p><p></p><p>The most radical thing you could try is deleting the folder /Library and delete all users. On rebooting, OS X will re-create /Library with new default preferences and prompt you to create an admin user. Obviously, you have to be logged in as an admin user to be able to do any of this, or you can enable root and do it easily while logged in as root (not recommended for novices!!!). Whatever you do, DO NOT TOUCH the folder /System and any of its subfolders. This tip relies on that being intact and untampered with. As it is, I can't say it hasn't been already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 839917, member: 38864"] When you are logged in, are you logged in as regular user or one with administrative privileges? The behavior you are describing sounds to me like a regular user with severe restrictions, or even a guest account. The most radical thing you could try is deleting the folder /Library and delete all users. On rebooting, OS X will re-create /Library with new default preferences and prompt you to create an admin user. Obviously, you have to be logged in as an admin user to be able to do any of this, or you can enable root and do it easily while logged in as root (not recommended for novices!!!). Whatever you do, DO NOT TOUCH the folder /System and any of its subfolders. This tip relies on that being intact and untampered with. As it is, I can't say it hasn't been already. [/QUOTE]
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