Summary
Open the Privileges app, select why you need administrator privileges, and click "Continue". You will be an administrator for 20 minutes.
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Overview
For College of Agriculture faculty, staff, and students with managed and migrated Macs: These instructions will walk you through making yourself a temporary administrator on your Apple device to install software and make setting changes. This used to be called "Make Me Admin" in Self-Service.
Instructions
If you are working on a Mac and need administrative privileges, follow these instructions.
To make yourself a temporary administrator:
- You will need to open the Privileges app. It should be in your dock but if it is not, you can do a Spotlight Search for "Privileges".
- The app looks like this
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![This is what the Privileges app looks like on a MacBook, iMac, or MacMini](https://service.purdue.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=8e377492-90a3-42bc-bfa9-e02b69f0fb45.png&beidInt=2)
![](Privileges App Icon)
- Click the app
- When it opens you will see this window. Select "Request privileges"
![](https://service.purdue.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=96c17a95-6817-4616-b1de-9b235256e6a1.png&beidInt=2)
- A new box will show up. Select the drop-down menu next to "Other"
![](https://service.purdue.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=7edfb4d4-d2f8-4bd4-adad-d2ff89c67b2d.png&beidInt=2)
- Select the reason you need administrative privileges and then click "Continue"
![](https://service.purdue.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=169d249e-9271-4a2d-9e0d-ce5e34df7120.png&beidInt=2)
- You will get a quick pop-up that looks like this
![](https://service.purdue.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=24578b7b-0bbd-4099-ad07-81f3883893b2.jpeg&beidInt=2)
- The icon in your dock will change and look like this
![](https://service.purdue.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=6136a170-caf4-477d-92e7-45040de6bec7.png&beidInt=2)
- You are now an administrator for 20 minutes
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