If you have more than one person using your Mac , creating separate user profiles can be a good way to ensure that everyone gets to have a private and secure user experience. For those who are interested, here's how to set up a new user profile on a Mac. Since this requires you to set up a new password, you should probably have the new user sit with you during the process so they can start using the new profile without issues.
Click the Apple icon in the top-left corner of the screen and select "System Preferences Click the lock icon in the bottom-left corner of the window and enter your password, then click the blue "Unlock" button or press "return" on your keyboard. Enter the user's name, account name, as well as the password for the account twice and a password hint, if desired, then click "Create User.
After that, you'll see your usual user profile, as well as this new user profile, as an option when you log into your Mac. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. Get Tech Support See How it Works video. For Business. Step-by-Step Guides. Contact Us.
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Select Users and Groups. If you click the Options button at the bottom of the sidebar, you can choose to share these settings across devices used by the same person. You can also set a Screen Time passcode, which allows you to override limitations easily.
So if your child has to finish their homework, and needs to use Safari, but is out of time, you can enter the passcode to give them more time. A sharing only user account allows a user to access specific shared folders on your Mac.
If you use your Mac for file sharing at home or at work, you may want to create accounts for users so they can access files on the computer but do nothing else. To do this, select Sharing Only from the New Account menu. Fill in the rest of the information as above, but to provide access to selected folders, you must then go to the Sharing preference pane in System Preferences.
See this Apple support document for more information on file sharing. Finally, you will notice a Guest User listed in the sidebar. Select this user and check Allow guests to log in to this computer. When the guest account feature is active, any guest to your home or your office can sit down at this Mac and click on Guest on the login screen to be able to use the computer.
None of their files will be saved; when they log out everything will be deleted. But they can browse the web, configure Mail to use their email account temporarily, send instant messages, and more.
And unless you check the option to allow them to connect to shared folders, they will have no access to any of the files on the computer.
While you may create accounts for users who will be accessing your Mac for a long time, you may also temporarily create an account for, for example, a friend who is staying with you for a week, or a temporary employee.
When they no longer need access to this Mac, click their account in the user list, then click the — icon to delete it. Note that this deletes all files that they have saved in their home folder. While most Mac users only have a single account on their computers, it can be useful to create additional accounts for friends, family, or coworkers.
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