How to Become an Administrator on a Mac

Go to System Preferences, if you're already on the user whom you want to be Administrator of. This should be on your dock.

Go to "Users and Groups", which is under "System". Once there, you should see a bar with all of the users. Yours (the current user) should be on top. Click on the lock at the bottom of the screen.Become an Administrator on a Mac Step 3Bullet1.jpg Type in a current Administrator's username and password in the spaces provided. If you don't have access to this information, you probably shouldn't be Admin on that computer.Become an Administrator on a Mac Step 3Bullet2.jpg

Click on the "Allow user to administer this computer" button. A pop-up should come up, saying that, for these changes to take effect, you must restart your computer. Do so, and your user should be an Admin and have Admin powers!Become an Administrator on a Mac Step 5.jpg