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Explains how faculty and staff can use the Privileges app to grant themselves temporary administrator rights so they can run commands that require elevated privileges in Terminal on macOS.
- Knowledge Base
- Software, Applications, & AI
- Operating Systems
- MacOS
Explains the Privileges app, which lets a standard macOS account temporarily gain Administrator permissions so the user can install or upgrade software that requires admin credentials. Covers installing Privileges from Self Service and requesting temporary privileges. Applies to Bowdoin faculty and staff with a Bowdoin-issued Mac.