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Oh no! My phone battery just ain’t good enough for all these …dle pastimes!vandono wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 5:29 pmWell, don't forget about Squardle, Globle, Squareword, Heardle, Semantle, Octordle, Sedecordle and Three Magic Words.Barney wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 5:10 pmRuns off to look up “Framed.”ZooAnimalsOnWheels wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:36 pm Well, I've played Wordle, Quordle, Nerdle, Worldle, and Framed today to avoid doing taxes. So, I'm happy to give nudges to keep avoiding them.
Actually, the guy at the Apple Store Genius bar tried helping yesterday. Then last night I was able to use restore mode to reinstall the system. But I couldn't do anything from there. Today, I showed the same guy at Genius Bar and he helped some more, which let me get my important docs off. But he didn't know why my user access (the only user access) was not a Sys Admin. (Which meant I couldn't get photos, music, etc.)Barney wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:30 pm To HunterX
Might be worth calling a professional tech geek, to see if your losses can be resurrected.
Sounds as if some of us might like to have that Terminal trick in our toolbox.HunterX wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 7:14 pmActually, the guy at the Apple Store Genius bar tried helping yesterday. Then last night I was able to use restore mode to reinstall the system. But I couldn't do anything from there. Today, I showed the same guy at Genius Bar and he helped some more, which let me get my important docs off. But he didn't know why my user access (the only user access) was not a Sys Admin. (Which meant I couldn't get photos, music, etc.)Barney wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:30 pm To HunterX
Might be worth calling a professional tech geek, to see if your losses can be resurrected.
I went home. Several hours and much internet searching later... I found this was a problem for a number of people. Learned a trick using Terminal to delete a specific file and prompt the creation of a new user at Sys Admin level. This allowed me to fix the original user's permissions. I now have ALL MY DATA back!
Kinda scary that an old banker could figure a way to give himself Sys Admin permissions on a Mac. I felt like I was hacking into my own computer. Which I was, if you ask me. Imagine what a young computer person with a lot of time on their hands could do. Oh, yeah, that happens all the time.
Shouldn’t his moniker be GentlemanBird?LadyBird wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 8:05 pm I am ashore--thanks to Mr. LadyBird. I tossed my papers to him and asked him to take a look before I started soliciting nudges. He had it 75% figured out in 30 seconds. I wish he'd had that same flash of inspiration earlier in the weekend when I showed it to him!
While the exact method depends on which Mac you are working with, it basically involves:boharr wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 7:34 pmSounds as if some of us might like to have that Terminal trick in our toolbox.HunterX wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 7:14 pmActually, the guy at the Apple Store Genius bar tried helping yesterday. Then last night I was able to use restore mode to reinstall the system. But I couldn't do anything from there. Today, I showed the same guy at Genius Bar and he helped some more, which let me get my important docs off. But he didn't know why my user access (the only user access) was not a Sys Admin. (Which meant I couldn't get photos, music, etc.)Barney wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:30 pm To HunterX
Might be worth calling a professional tech geek, to see if your losses can be resurrected.
I went home. Several hours and much internet searching later... I found this was a problem for a number of people. Learned a trick using Terminal to delete a specific file and prompt the creation of a new user at Sys Admin level. This allowed me to fix the original user's permissions. I now have ALL MY DATA back!
Kinda scary that an old banker could figure a way to give himself Sys Admin permissions on a Mac. I felt like I was hacking into my own computer. Which I was, if you ask me. Imagine what a young computer person with a lot of time on their hands could do. Oh, yeah, that happens all the time.
I suggest something stronger. You've certainly earned it.HunterX wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:31 pmWhile the exact method depends on which Mac you are working with, it basically involves:
- Booting to Recovery mode using Command-R or Option-Command-R, then...
- Going under Utilities, and selecting Terminal, then...
- Entering the command rm -i /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ -\ Data/private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone, which I had to use 'tab' after starting to type each part of the pathname (you type "Volum" and hit TAB, etc.) This deletes the file with the Macintosh HD - Data (or [Hard disk name]-Data) volume that says it's been set up already.
- Then 'y' to confirm deletion of the .AppleSetupDone file, then...
- Type 'reboot' to, well, reboot...
- Set up a different user account at the prompts since the computer thinks you're setting up for the first time, then...
- Using System Preferences / Users and Groups to edit your original user ID account to have Sys Admin permissions, then...
- Reboot....
Isn't this absolutely fascinating to all of you?
Sorry. It's been my last 3 days of research that saved my a$$. I should take a chill pill at this point.
Once again, dragged on shore by the community. Been a rough couple of weeks for me hahaHeyitshayjay wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:59 pm Think I have officially given up… will enjoy the bar, barring some last minute aha moment (or a timely nudge)