How to Switch to the Mac - Tao of Mac | February 2007 | Rui Carno - 0 views
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the installer creates the first user account. This is the important bit: it is an administration account – call it “Administrator” or something like that and create another for yourself afterwards (if you’re a UNIX head, this is not root, which is disabled).
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David Corking on 11 Apr 09Q: Why doesn't the installer _tell_ you this? It looks and feels like an ordinary unix user with 'sudo' access, but according to Tao, it can be troublesome. A: My guess is that Apple doesn't want you to have to remember two passwords. Perhaps Apple decided, unlike Tao, that the security of asking for passwords for important tasks is good enough.
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Create your own Applications folder inside your home directory (Mac OS X will change the icon accordingly) and try out new stuff in there.
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drag the entire Applications folder to the right-hand side of the Dock, forming what Apple calls a “stack”
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Put things you want to share among users in the /Users/Shared folder.
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Set up separate accounts for kids using the Simple Finder or Some Limits option under the Limitations tab.
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In Mac OS X 10.4, you find this in preferences under Accounts, and click the "Parental Controls" tab, then select Finder and click Configure .... I don't think there is a "Limitations" tab.
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This article is packed with great tips that you won't find in other introductory tutorials. Therefore it is a bit heavy to read, and worth dipping into even if you have used Macs for a year or two.
