If you are a standard user and want admin rights, verify that Privileges is installed. Then follow the steps below:

1. Launch Privileges.
2. You should see the following window:

3. Click on Request Privileges.
4. The Privileges Dock icon should change to look like an orange padlock. A notification should appear, saying that "Administrator privileges were successfully granted". The looged-in user should now have admin rights.

1. Launch Privileges.
2. You should see the following window:

3. Click on Revert Privileges.
4. The Privileges Dock icon should change to look like a green locked padlock. A notification should appear, saying that "administrator privileges were successfully revoked". The logged-in account should have standard rights.

Hide windows of other applications

By default, Privileges hides the windows of other applications to display the desktop and ensure that only the Privileges window is visible on the screen. You can disable this option in the settings.

Show in menu bar

If enabled, a Privileges status item is displayed in the Menu Bar.

Choose a time after which privileges expire

Administrator rights can expire after a certain time. You can choose between the following times after which the rights should expire:

• 5 minutes
• 10 minutes
• 20 minutes
• 30 minutes
• 1 hour
• Never

If you have selected a time, a countdown will start once administrator rights have been granted. The countdown is displayed on the icon in the dock. It should look like this:

Allow expiring administrator privileges to be renewed

Enabling this option allows you to renew administrator privileges before they expire. You can either wait for the notification that appears one minute before administrator privileges expire, or you can renew administrator privileges at any time using the Privileges app, the Dock tile, the status item, or PrivilegesCLI as follows:

Privileges app: Run the app while you have administrator privileges. If the Revoke Privileges dialog appears, simply hold down the Option key and the Revoke Privileges button will change to Renew Privileges. Press the button while still holding the Option key to renew privileges.

Dock Tile and Status Item: Right-click the Dock tile while you have administrator privileges. When the menu appears, hold down the Option key and the menu item Revoke Privileges will change to Renew Privileges. To renew privileges, click the menu item while still holding the Option key.

PrivilegesCLI: As long as you have administrator privileges, run PrivilegesCLI with the -a or --add argument, and your privileges will be renewed.

Revoke administrator rights at login

To ensure that you are always a standard user after a restart, Privileges can automatically revoke administrator rights privileges after a restart.

Run an action after privilege change

You can select an application or script that runs after privileges have changed. Alternatively, you can specify that the application or script should only run after privileges have been granted. See a quick demo below:

Privileges supports command line use. To use the PrivilegesCLI command line tool, run PrivilegesCLI from Terminal. The following window should appear: