How to switch to administrator with Sequoia?

I just started up a new iMac and am trying to install Microsoft OFFICE 365. The installation program will not run and aborts telling me that I need administrative privileges to install it. I thought when I started this the first time I had administrative privileges. Can't see a way to get there.


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iMac 24″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Mar 29, 2025 11:53 AM

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Mar 29, 2025 4:23 PM in response to veehbJ

Hello veehbJ,


Go to System Settings > Users & Groups. In the list of users, do you see any user with the Admin privilege (it should show right under the user name)?


If you see any user with Admin privilege, log on using that account, go back to System Settings > Users & Groups, click the ⓘ next to your own account and choose to make it an administrator account. Finally log back on using your own account.

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How to switch to administrator with Sequoia?

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