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I'm new to Mac and have a used MacBook Pro running Mac Sierra 120.12.6. How do I change the Administrators name to my name?

Your user account has a short name while your registration has your full or long name. When you set up your machine you had the opportunity to use short and long names of your choice. The short name is your account's Admin name. If the seller's name is present, then the seller failed to erase the drive before sending you the computer. So, here's what you need to do:

 

How To Do A Factory Reset


 

Selection A should be used on computers that came with Lion or later when factory new. Selection B is for Macs that came originally with Snow Leopard or earlier.


 

A. Factory reset your Mac - Apple Support

 

B. Factory Reset Your Pre-Lion Mac

 

Follow these instructions until you get to Step 5: Factory reset your Mac - Apple Support. At Step 5 you will need a Snow Leopard DVD or the installer disc that came with the computer.

 

  1. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came with your computer.  Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer. After the chime press and hold down the  "C" key.  Release the key when you see a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.
  2. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities' menu. After Disk Utility loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (un-dented entry - mfgr.'s ID and drive size.)  Click on the Partition tab in the Disk Utility main window.  Set the number of partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended (Journaled), then click on the Apply button.
  3. When the formatting has finished quit Disk Utility.  Proceed with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.
  4. If you are planning to sell or give your computer away, then do the following: After you reformat your hard drive and reinstall OS X, the computer restarts to a Welcome screen and asks you to choose a country or region. If you want to leave the Mac in an out-of-box state, don't continue with the setup of your system. Instead, press Command-Q to shut down the Mac. When the new owner turns on the Mac, the Setup Assistant will guide them through the setup process.


Let me know if you need more help. Not having indicated the exact model you have prevents me from being any more specific than the above.

最后更新：2017-09-23 08:32:21

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