my brother will not let me make folders on my mac when i get it. i would like to know how to lock a normal folder like one where i have all my documents so he cant snoop through it and look at stuff i dont want looked at when he comes home. Help is apreciated
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If he's locking you out of *your* Mac, talk to your parents.
If you're trying to hide a folder from him on *his* Mac... well... talk your parents into letting you have your own user space.
Make an encrypted disk image in /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and move the files onto there. It will be visible, but password protected.
His brother could delete it and take sibling rivalry to the next level.
His brother could delete it and take sibling rivalry to the next level.
i have never owned a mac. heck it still isnt here yet. i am just pre planning. windows folders are so so so so so so stupid that i couldnt use them. i think i will use folders. its my computer screw him
*Every* user has an account, with a password. No other (regular) user can access their files, or even see what they have. Administrator users *can* see other people's files.
So, if it's going to be 'your' Mac, set yourself up with an Admin account, and your brother with a regular account. Or, make an Admin account, and both of you have regular accounts. You can't see or mess with his stuff, he can't see or mess with yours.
I'm assuming you still live at home? Have your parents 'own' the Admin account, and then there's no question of you two getting access to each others' files. (Can you tell I have a brother too?
There's an easter egg in OSX ... the way it works is, any folder labled "Pron" is invisible to any user account except the one that created it. Oh, and when you first create it, there's an encryption option.
Exactly, lol. My nephew spends quite some time renaming his 'private' files to mp3 files. I keep hoping his mother feels like listening to Black Eyed Peas - My Humps.mp3 one day.
There's an easter egg in OSX ... the way it works is, any folder labled "Pron" is invisible to any user account except the one that created it. Oh, and when you first create it, there's an encryption option.
ok please explain more... i odnt know how to use mac osx. where do files go. is there like a my documents type thng. and also will all folders have this ability to be encripted or only the pron one...or is this an effing joke if i isnt right on! if it is ..damit lol
Every account has the following folders: Documents, Library, Movies, Music, Pictures, Public, Sites.
These are equivalent to: My Documents, the registry, My Movies, My Music, My Pictures, sharing a folder, and well... Windows doesn't really have a web server in it, does it?
Just wait, you'll see, it's very simple.
No other user can read your files, or see them, unless that user is an administrator.
*ALL* your files and folders are invisible to others by default, if you place them in Documents.
If your brother isn't an admin on your computer (and there's no reason why he should be), then he *cannot* see your files.
Of course, you can't see his either.
Just wait until you have the machine in front of you, and it will make sense.
i want to use user account but theres no efficient way to share itunes music
There is. Move the itunes library to a shared location. Then in itunes preferences, under Advanced, tell it to use that location for the library.
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