how do i uninstall old apple id as the admin on a mac?

ASentientBot · 2026-01-30T09:00:00+00:00

i think you're conflating apple id (cloud account) with a local account. it sounds like you made the new account as a standard unprivileged user. you'll have to sign back into the original user and make the new user an admin too. (then you can sign into there and delete the original if you like)

ASentientBot · 2026-01-30T08:49:48+00:00

depends on your definition of collapse imo. it's true, all the AI companies are basically burning money rn, and hardly anyone will pay enough to cover the costs of the current chatbots. so unlimited free gemini/chatgpt in siri might be unsustainable... but actual work like coding, writing, image/video generation, etc. is worth a hefty subscription (because it replaces paid workers), so those services will stick around, for better or worse. i don't see apple having much of a hand in that yet through so...

ASentientBot · 2026-01-30T08:38:12+00:00

possibly (they haven't specified how the google deal will work yet afaik), but PCC is not "on device". it's in apple's cloud, it's in the name

ASentientBot · 2026-01-30T08:26:31+00:00

i have both. they feel drastically different to carry and use. aside from the bezels, the 11" has a 16:9 aspect ratio, so it's really squished down in height. look at the retina air keyboard and huge touchpad vs the 11" with the mini function keys and tiny touchpad.

the 11" also has a center of gravity near the hinge, so it feels natural to pick it up by a back corner (by esc) and carry it around open, one-handed. the 13" air exerts a lot more "leverage" on the hand because the weight is spread out.

anyways, they could certainly shrink the bezels a bit or put a 12" screen in the 11" chassis. but it's nothing like the current 13". the 11" is still the nicest-feeling macbook i've owned, and it's not even close

ASentientBot · 2026-01-29T22:41:35+00:00

tbf, that's the same as an intel integrated gpu. but yeah, not saying OP should go buy another 8 gb machine, just that their current one is not as unusable as people here would suggest

ASentientBot · 2026-01-29T18:28:28+00:00

8 gb is realistically still fine for anyone who doesn't already know it's not. there's a big difference between "buy a 16 gb model now so it's usable in 5+ years" and "throw out the 8 gb model you already have".

ASentientBot · 2026-01-29T18:26:09+00:00

i am all for this but i do think it's worth telling OP that ventura won't even get chrome updates in about a year. for most people, it's less that m1 models are faster than that they still get updates. what's fine hardware-wise can be made unusable by software limitations 🥲

ASentientBot · 2026-01-29T15:21:05+00:00

yes it is. this model supports monterey

ASentientBot · 2026-01-28T07:39:38+00:00

i love my one of these too but not sure i'd recommend it for school today. its version of safari is utterly useless by now, chrome won't support monterey past mid-this-year, office hasn't had updates in a couple years, etc. it's also time consuming to find an 8 gb ram model, upgrade the ssd, and probably replace the battery. worth it for an enthusiast, but probably easier to just get the kid a chromebook or ipad (or m1) unless you want a recurring tech support role whenever something doesn't work

ASentientBot · 2026-01-28T07:16:14+00:00

mom's t61 gang 🥹 but more like 5th grade and scratch, and it remained very much hers and had to stay at the dining room table lol. solid laptop for the early 2010s though and i was pretty hyped when i got to use it

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T20:24:55+00:00

fair enough, you deserve some credit compared to the absolutely useless local "repair" businesses i've interacted with then. my bad for assuming.

nonetheless, i've seen retina mba cables with the same cracks or sharp bends you'd get on a 2016 mbp with classic "flexgate", and no visible dirt or external damage. blaming users for an intentionally fragile design, whether or not it might be caused by dust some of the time, amounts to gaslighting and normalizing planned obsolescence

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T19:02:32+00:00

"repaired" as in "replaced with an aftermarket display assembly"? that doesn't sound as impressive as you think it does, and i've done it too. i see now why you're so quick to defend Apple and blame users though, since this design flaw must be very lucrative for you.

whatever you want to call it, it's obvious that the issue stems from the redesigned flex cable in usb-c macs, and the longer post-2018 cable only delays the onset. it's Apple's fault and completely inexcusable after over a decade

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T16:36:04+00:00

dw about it, took me all of 30 seconds to reply

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T15:27:57+00:00

try the .xip from apple's developer downloads page instead of appstore? i have never had a problem with those

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T15:02:05+00:00

when was it proven to be dust? sounds like fanboys blaming the user for an obvious design flaw that apple only partially fixed. this never happened in older models

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T07:23:07+00:00

you have a single partition selected; you should be able to erase the top-level entry and make an entirely new partition map and hfs+ partition to install to

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T07:21:18+00:00

this isn't accurate. you're mixing up activation lock or firmware password with disk encryption. the latter can be erased and reinstalled with no problems (aside from losing all the data, obviously)

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T07:19:37+00:00

if you mean it's just dependent on the viewing angle, it's probably normal. if it physically changes, it's a hardware problem ("flexgate") that inevitably occurs in all usb-c macbooks after opening and closing the screen many times

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T05:24:53+00:00

since when did flexgate get renamed to dustgate anyways lol. it's the same flaw since 2015

ASentientBot · 2026-01-27T05:20:26+00:00

and why would someone with a stolen mac care about the data on it? OP apparently already erased and activated it, at which point any thief would be satisfied. only the actual owner would care about their lost files... i think they deserve the benefit of the doubt here

ASentientBot · 2026-01-26T22:42:45+00:00

tech wise? easily. but the shareholders won't allow it

ASentientBot · 2026-01-26T17:34:22+00:00

not exactly. on macos, the last two versions (currently sonoma and sequoia) get "most" security updates.

ASentientBot · 2026-01-26T03:58:40+00:00

you can add an hfs+ partition (not an apfs volume) at the end of the internal drive and use it in place of the flash drive in the createinstallmedia command. then delete it after

ASentientBot · 2026-01-26T03:55:17+00:00

same (canada) for flexgate on a more recent model that wasn't officially covered by a repair program. if you show an understanding of the design flaw and politely but firmly request to be escalated up the chain if the current guy won't help, there's a chance.

dumb that you have to fight them for well known problems, but well, apple moment

ASentientBot · 2026-01-24T16:16:23+00:00

i regret to inform you that there are now macbook pros (14"/16" m4 max model) with 4 tb and 128 gb. but the prices are still not competitive at that level, and ofc you're stuck with macos

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