I wanted to make the change so I knew which OS I was running. I
don't know why my account was changed to standard. After I reinstalled
the beta I made sure my account was admin.
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On 8/3/2017 9:14 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
With HFS+ file systems, it can be possible to mount without permissions
enabled. So if you were not using the new Apple FS then it might have
been possible to mount the High Sierra image while running Sierra and
then do the cleanup.
Was there a reason you were renaming the User Home directory?
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 7:22 AM E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com
<mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>> wrote:
Can't do that if you cannot unlock it. Right, a fresh install was
the only option.
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On 8/3/2017 1:49 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
> Go back in and name your user folder back to what it was.
>
> You'll really have to do this through or from a USB installer,
> Or if you could setup a new user but I take it that is not possible.
>
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> High Sierra beta. Not sure what went wrong. I changed the name
of the user folder. After restarting, I found my user account is no
longer an administrative account. I cannot unlock Users & Groups so
I cannot change my account status. I can change my login password
and log in but cannot unlock. What do I need to do?
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