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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1871450" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>What does that mean exactly? I understand the words, but not what you actually did. Are you referring to a "Clean Install" when you upgraded to macOS 11 Big Sur (BS)? </p><p></p><p>A Clean Install would imply erasing the Mac's Hard Drive,<u> reformatting it</u>, installing BS and then <u>manually</u> migrating all your data, settings etc from Time Machine or a cloned backup. Is that what you did?</p><p></p><p>If that is <u>not </u>what you did, then did you simply download BS and install it over the previous Operating System (OS)? Many of us do it that way.</p><p></p><p>If that is how you upgraded to BS - then when and how did you "format the MacBook"?</p><p></p><p>As Jake said: your Admin Account has an Admin PW and that is used for all functions carried out on your Mac - including any changes, or opening options, within System Preferences.</p><p></p><p>Truly sorry for all these questions, but as we were not sitting beside you watching what you did, we find it hard to help you which is what we want to do.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1871450, member: 83420"] What does that mean exactly? I understand the words, but not what you actually did. Are you referring to a "Clean Install" when you upgraded to macOS 11 Big Sur (BS)? A Clean Install would imply erasing the Mac's Hard Drive,[U] reformatting it[/U], installing BS and then [U]manually[/U] migrating all your data, settings etc from Time Machine or a cloned backup. Is that what you did? If that is [U]not [/U]what you did, then did you simply download BS and install it over the previous Operating System (OS)? Many of us do it that way. If that is how you upgraded to BS - then when and how did you "format the MacBook"? As Jake said: your Admin Account has an Admin PW and that is used for all functions carried out on your Mac - including any changes, or opening options, within System Preferences. Truly sorry for all these questions, but as we were not sitting beside you watching what you did, we find it hard to help you which is what we want to do. Ian [/QUOTE]
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