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User accounts facilitate different agents and settings on a computer. User accounts have a login name and a password, along with a home directory on the filesystem.

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Can't see hidden files with Standard user

I am using my Mac as a Standard user. Running latest OSX 10.10.3 I have used the following command from terminal: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowALLFiles YES But I still can't see my hid …
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Under a standard user account, after Big Sur update, why does Disk Utility continuously ask ...

I'm running MacOS Big Sur (11.2.1) on a MacBook Air 2014. I exclusively use the MacBook under a standard user account, though I also possess the admin credentials. Since a recent update (I want to sa …
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Application permissions for Standard user

I use my Mac as a Standard user. When I first set it up, all applications were downloaded/installed using the Admin user. Running latest OSX 10.10.3 When using my Mac as the Standard user, every time …
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annoyance: latest version of Skype under Standard (non-admin) user on macOS 10.13

I always run my systems under an Admin \ Standard user dichotomy. In other words, I always use my system as a Standard user and never login to the Admin user (except when doing the initial clean inst …
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annoyance: latest version of Skype under Standard (non-admin) user on macOS 10.13

So, I was right that Skype has a problem, because it is prompting me to perform the auto-update, but supplying the credentials is not enough. I have to kind of "hand-hold" Skype through the update pr …
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how to avoid the "downloaded application" warning for a Standard User

This is a followup on this post of mine: Application permissions for Standard user I'm now running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.5 and this problem is still irritating. I use my Mac as a Standard user. Wh …
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