Chapter 3
Sharing Your Mac
IN THIS CHAPTER
Adding other users to your Mac
Switching from one user to another
Sharing subscriptions and other data with your family
Monitoring and restricting how others use your Mac
Keeping kids safe with parental controls
It’s possible that you’re the only person who ever uses your Mac. If that’s the case, what are you doing reading this chapter? May I suggest Book 3, Chapter 4?
However, if you have people around who regularly use your Mac for work or for play, please read on because you’ll want to learn how to share you Mac safely and conveniently.
Even if you don’t share your Mac with other people, you might still want to share other goodies, such as an Apple Music or Apple TV+ subscription or an app, a book, a movie, or a TV show you’ve purchased. With Family Sharing, you can share all this and more with up to five people in your family.
In this chapter, you learn not only how to add and manage users on your Mac but also how to set up content and ...
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