[X4U] Advice sought on a Mac book for an elderly beginner-level user.

Jamie Kahn Genet lists at wizardling.geek.nz
Fri May 2 23:20:39 PDT 2008


Thinking on this again it occurs to me you may have confused what I
said. _I_ am the admin user. They are of course standard users. No way
am I giving clueless users admin accounts. But unless it's really a
kid you can't lock adults - even clueless ones - out of too much on
their own computer. They start to realise what's happening and don't
like it (however useful it may be).

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet

2008/5/3 Jamie Kahn Genet <lists at wizardling.geek.nz>:
> Yeah, I mentioned parental controls :-) It's not quite the same as an
>  unchangeable UI for dummies.
>
>  Regards,
>   Jamie Kahn Genet
>
>  2008/5/3 Daly Jessup <jessup at san.rr.com>:
>
>
> > Jamie wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > > What was that simple Apple UI for kids that locked the user out of the
>  > > Classic OS? It replaced icons with giant one-click-to-open buttons and
>  > > you could select what programs the user had access to. That's what I
>  > > think I need for OSX! :-D
>  > >
>  >
>  >  If you create an account as NOT an admin account then log in as an Admin
>  > user, you can choose that other account and then the "parental controls"
>  > tab, and then assign a large number of limitations on that account. It may
>  > be just what you need.
>  >
>  >  Daly
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