what is the administrator password for mac

#What is the administrator password for mac mac os x#
#What is the administrator password for mac install#
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#What is the administrator password for mac mods#

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#What is the administrator password for mac mac os x#

This would be much easier if the Mac OS X disc was included with the PC, but it wasn't.

I'm not sure if I'm missing a default root user password. I've tried other common passwords such as: '1234', 'root', 'admin', and even 'password'. Now, with this window, I enter my password and it doesn't accept it. It was an admin account, since I couldn't change its shortname, I made a new admin account called 'Connor' gave myself admin privileges and then deleted 'a a'. When I first got the computer, it had one account called 'a a' (what a terrible name).

#What is the administrator password for mac install#

I went to install a USB wireless adapter (driver? are they called that on Mac?) and after it was done, I went to open it's configuration utility and it prompts this login window where it requests a password for an account called 'System Administrator' I've never had an Apple product before, I'm a pretty experienced Windows user, however. It looks like a friend gave it to them who got it a garage sale. I adopted a eMac today from a relative as they weren't using it.