On 11/21/10 8:38 AM, Michael Emery wrote:
This is a question about how to set up a Quicksilver dual so that a family can best use it, without disturbing the other family members parts.
MAKE AN ACCOUNT FOR EACH CHILD that keeps them from any application you don't want them to have access to (and keeps them from seeing the hard drive even). The Mom would her account with admin rights... but just for an extra measure of protection, I would add in another Administrator account too - that YOU might use in case everything get's really screwed up - you could still log-in under your user name and password and fix stuff.
[Please realize I only used 10.4.11 Tiger, but the basic stuff I think is still the same. Also realize these were directions to a parent] When my 5 year old daughter logs on, she only sees a few educational games, lots of non-educational dress up Flash Games and only the educational websites I've bookmarked for her in Safari. My 10 year old son sees the educational websites I've bookmarked for him in Safari (you can completely block them from the Internet too), some games and some apps (like OOo4Kids - a fantastic version of OpenOffice for children). For both my kids they do not see the full Finder, so they don't have access to the Hard Drive and other things I don't want them messing with.
TO CREATE A USER ACCOUNT: go to Apple/System Preferences/System Accounts (two silhouettes). Click the lock on the bottom left if it's locked and put in your username and password. Then click the little plus "+" sign above the padlock to add a new account. Put in your child's name or nick-name, give them a password, type the password in again to verify, Describe the password in a hint for them if you want and click the "Create Account" button. DON'T click "Allow this user to Administer the computer" unless they are old enough/experienced enough to do so. If they are fairly young, or you're just worried about them messing with stuff they shouldn't (I know I am) YOU SHOULD click the checkbox for "Simple Finder." You can pick a picture to go along with the account, check off any apps you want to start up automatically in Login Items, and then click the "Parental Controls" button. From there, Click "Application and Finder" to pick which apps you want your child to have access to (for Flash Game access, make sure the application "iSwif" is checked in "Finder and Applications").
If you choose to allow your child(ren) to have access to the Internet, click on Safari too - in both the front screen of Parental Controls and in the list of Apps under Finder and Applications. For Safari, you have to then log in as them, Run the Full Finder, Open Safari, go to Safari/Preferences.../Security/ and uncheck the "Enable Parental Controls" box - Delete any bookmarks you don't want, add any bookmarks you do, then enable parental controls again, go back to Simple Finder. Later, if you are just adding one website for your child, you can just make them turn the other way, put in your user name and password and bookmark the site.
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