Can Newly Created User Account Become Main Admin If I Delete The Previous Main Admin?

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I'm leaving my current employment to start a new job. Ideally I know I should perform a completely new install of OS X on my machine but time prohibits this from happening. There is a lot of software that would take time to re-install and re-configure.

I was wondering if I created a new account called "new" and gave it admin privileges, could I then log into that account (logging out of the "old" account) and remove the "old" account? Thus making "new" the only account on the machine and it then becoming the Admin account with all the same privileges as the "old" one.

If this is possible would there be any repercussions I should be aware of?
Would the applications still remain usable, seeing as they do not reside in within the home folder? (I'm not worried about preferences by the way).

Thank you to anyone who can provide an answer.
 
Yep, you're right it will work because there is the "admin" group in the UNIX permissions and all those accounts have the same permissions with respect to anything belonging to the admin group.

You might have problems accessing files from the other user but you can override the permissions since you are the admin.
 
Before you remove the "old" account, be aware that any applications that are not included in an OS X default install will still have to be transfered over from the old account before you delete it - or you will still have to reinstall those specific applications.
 
Thanks guys, I appreciate your help.

@ g/re/p: Are you talking about the applications that reside in the Root/Applications folder or the ones that reside in Home/Applications folder?

If in the Home I understand what you are saying but if you mean the root ones then is that because of any application support files that are in my home folder?

Thanks
 
I was refering to 3rd party apps, but if they reside in /Applications, they will not be deleted.

I am aware that some users do install 3rd party apps to Home/Applications - those apps would be deleted along with the user account if you did not first drag them to /Applications before deleting the account.

I would also open those specific apps from thier "new" /Applications location at least once before deleting the user account.
 
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