Lesson 20. Share One Mac with Multiple Users
Goals
Understand why it’s useful to have multiple users for one Mac
Learn to create new users
Learn how to log out and log in
Enable fast user switching
Allow other users to be Administrators
Teach users to adjust some of their own settings
Learn to share files with other users on one Mac
Apply parental controls from mild to stringent
Delete users with or without their files
OS X is built for what’s called a multiple-user environment; that is, Apple expects that more than one person is probably using the same computer, whether it’s in a school, office, or home. You can set up another user so no one else can access your email or personal letters, change your sound level, poke around in your financial ...
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