![]() If you need to access passwords stored in the Keychain of the user account, you’ll still need to know the Keychain password, or you’ll lose access to them. Note: There are some risks involved, specifically with regard to your keychain. If you don’t have it, it’s possible to change the original account’s password. In order to create a new admin account, you must have the old administrator password. Updating/changing a user’s password when you don’t know the original password In System Preferences > Sharing update the computer name from “Original’s MacBook” to “New’s MacBook”.Add your own Apple ID and remove the old one.Home directory to match the new user’s home directory.In Users & Groups Settings, right-click on the “original” user and select “Advanced Options”.Change the name of the original user’s home directory ‘/Users/original’ to the new desired short name ‘/Users/new’.Log out of current user and login with new admin account.Create new administrator account in System Preferences > Users & Groups.
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