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Take Control of High Sierra
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Take Control of High Sierra

by Scholle McFarland
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
193 pages
3h 54m
English
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Avoid Problems with User Accounts

One of my siblings (who will remain unnamed) used to come home every Christmas and “borrow” my mom’s computer. Without fail, he left behind a jumble of changed preferences, randomly installed apps, and disconnected cords that took hours to fix before my mom could use her computer again. Today, this source of family strife could have been easily avoided. The answer? User accounts (Figure 123).

**Figure 123:** Use different types of user accounts to solve problems.
Figure 123: Use different types of user accounts to solve problems.

Know Your Accounts

User accounts allow multiple people to have a custom experience on the same Mac—without altering each other’s settings or mixing up ...

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