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Hi, When I swap user profile from Profile A to Profile B and then back to Profile A most of my apps don't work. It says there's no internet connection. However it works on some of the app. An example is I can use Safari but I can't use Chrome or Brave Browser or Microsoft Teams or Zoom etc They...

hey my friends, I recently made a account for my girlfriend so she could do some organizing. (using a tiny SE wasn't cutting it) & after she was finished I deleted her account. I made sure to select the (Delete home folder options as well) & her folder is still there. I have tried deleting it &...

Hi, this is my first post in this forum and it is related to security on MacOS. In MacOS, how well user account are separated ? Is it commun for MacOS malware to be able to read data or install malicious software on an other user account on the same computer ? I am wondering if creating a...

A family member (who lives elsewhere) got their personal MacBook Air back from Apple Support with the hard drive wiped (as expected). They only have a cloud back-up of their home directory (user / (name) / {Documents | Downloads | Photos | etc.}. This was the admin account (no other users)...

Adding a printer is a security question on my opinion. This said, on my opinion it should require and administrator account to add a new printer. The Standard user without the rights to administer the puter should not be allowed. That's my opinion. I do expect a fully functional OS X 10.14.7...

Hi, I have too many problems with my main user account, and I want to migrate all my data + settings to a new user account and set it as admin and lastly remove the current account. Please help thanks.

I might move to macOS but first I'd like to ask about User Accounts to better understand it. Whether through setting up a new User, Guest or Parental account, can I achieve a state where I lend my MacBook to someone and they can use only one specific app and only have access to the files in the...

At my company we use 5 MacBooks, in the current situation we use 3 of those with one and the same Apple ID which is far from ideal. Now I got enrolled to the Apple Business Manager which doesn’t really makes much sense to me yet. The only wish I really have is to manage multiple user accounts...

Without going into too much details I have to do the following: I need to create a new user account on my Macbook Pro (Catalina), because the old user account does not work anymore. In order to ensure that the new account will be usable as the old account I want to copy files and folders from...

Hi all. Since the new minis make us suffer through the T2 chip, I wanted to know how people are getting by on small amounts of SSD. I have a 3rd gen Mac Pro and can't afford the jump to the new beast. I don't want to pay the Apple tax for going to a 2Tb internal SSD on the device. Ideally, I...

Hey guys, I'm trying to have my user account require a password only at certain time periods in the day (like 5PM to 7AM). Is anyone aware of a solution in MacOS or a third party app that might be able to do this? Thanks a ton, V

Macbook Pro 2017 running on macOS High Sierra. Okay, so I can log into my computer fine (so far) but if I were to try to make changes, like in System Preferences and it asked for my Admin Username and Password, both slots show up empty and if I put in my username and password as they are, it...

Hi, I'm running an iMac 27" Late 2009 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 on macOS High Sierra. My wife's internet kept dropping earlier today and now won't connect at all. It works on our iPhones, MacBook Pros and on my user account on the iMac, but not her user account on the iMac. I have reset the...

Hi, When I start up the computer I get the following message: "This computer will restart to a secure, Safari-only system for the Guest user." I've logged into iCloud via another computer and find my mac is not turned on. Any ideas what's going on?

Somehow I messed up my user accounts for my Macbook Air. I have two different users accounts, both of them say Standard, and no administrator account. I want to delete one and change the other to an administrator account. Also, for some reason, my password is not being accepted by either...

Hi all -- I can't quite find solutions to my situation so if anyone has an idea or can point me to a thread, I'd appreciate it. My MacBook Pro (early 2011) has 2 users on it, myself and my wife. We just restarted internet service in our new place with the ISP. I've had problems with it going in...

Does OS X store information in any log about when an administrator changes the user level of a certain user - by selecting “Allow user to administer this computer” under users in systems preferences? Background: We noticed that a certain user suddenly has admin privileges but would like to know...

Ever since updating to the new OS, the users on my computer have trouble logging in to their user account. What will happen is as soon as you start to type a password the computer will run off about 11 characters, making it impossible to enter the proper password. The only way to correct it is...

Hope someone can offer advice. I am upgrading my mac with a 240GB SSD and 3TB HDD. My plan is to put the operating system and User accounts on the SSD and place the media folders (Music, Video and Photos) on the HDD. Current usage size of 1TB Drive for User account is about 700GB. What is the...

Hi everyone! This is my first Mac, so stick with me here! I have a user account set up for myself, as well as my husband. My account is the Admin, and his account is just a standard user account. I also have FileVault enabled. I've noticed that when I close my MBA, and then he comes to use it...