Hi, Normally, you need to be logged in as a different user to remove Admin privileges. That is, log in as your new Admin user, go into Users & Groups and disable Phil as an Administrator.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 26, 2016, at 08:54, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: As a security measure, I have set up an administrator account on my MacBook air, and then attempted to remove administrator privileges from my main user account. I was successful in setting up a administrative account, but when I went to remove administrative privileges from my main user account, the "allow user to manage this computer" check box was dimmed, even though I had unlocked the settings switch. On my previous set up of Yosemite, before upgrading to Sierra, I had established this Mac admin account and had my "Phil" account as a standard account. How can I set up this arrangement on Sierra, that is how can I remove administrative privileges from my "Phil" account and leave them only on the admin account. Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
