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How do I restart Apple Setup Assistant tool?
Start up the Mac whilst holding down ⌘-S . After a few moments, you’ll see the Mac boot to the command line. Before continuing, the filesystem must be checked and mounted, so files are’t immediately accessible to interact with. To do this, enter the two commands that are displayed within the prompt, one at a time.
How do I rerun iOS Setup Assistant?
You have to go to Settings>General>Reset and tap Erase All Content and Settings. This will completely erase the phone. Then go through the setup screens again and when given the option, choose Restore from iCloud Backup and follow the prompts.
What to do if there is no.applesetupdone file?
One last thing to try before resorting to that drastic measure is to restore the .AppleSetupDone file. That ought to skip Setup Assistant, and with any luck at all may restore the normal Login screen. To do that: Type carefully. Then the file isn’t there.
What to do if you dont have an admin account on a Mac?
If you cannot set an account to admin, then you will need to reboot into single user mode (hold Cmd-S while starting up your Mac). When you get to the command line (black screen, white text) type: This makes the file system writeable, and then removes the file that tells OS X that you’ve setup the system.
How can I recreate administrator privileges on a Mac?
Hit Ctrl-D ” to continue your boot and you should get the “Welcome to Macintosh” startup and you will be able to setup a NEW account (make sure it is a new account). This account will be an admin account. There are several ways to regain/recreate administrator privileges on a Mac.
How to create a new Apple admin account?
If you’re able to log in (hurray, you’re the admin now), then head over to System Preferences>Users & Groups and create a new Admin account. Now restart and login to the new Admin Account (you may need a new Apple Id). Once you’re logged into this new Admin Id, you can again proceed to your System Preferences>Users & Groups.