CHAPTER 3

Sharing Your MacBook with Others

macOS makes it easy to share your MacBook with other people. Each user needs a separate user account for documents, e-mail, and settings.

Snapshot of separate user account for documents, e‐mail, and settings.

Create a User Account

Configure Your MacBook for Multiple Users

Share Your MacBook with Fast User Switching

Set Up Family Sharing

Turn On Screen Time and Set Downtime

Set Time Limits for Apps and Websites

Make Apps Always Available to a User

Apply Content and Privacy Restrictions

Review a User’s Actions

Create a User Account

A user account is a group of settings that controls what a user can do in macOS. By creating a separate user account for each person who ...

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