Mac user account help

beachBOYken · 11 Aug 2015 at 23:38

Hi

I'm new to mac and would like some help on account setup.
Im thinking about creating a few standard user accounts and 1 admin account for all system changes.

When I first turn on my mac should I skip the apple id part as the first account set up is admin and I don't want to be associated with it, I just want to use that as admin only.

I plan to use a standard user account for day to day use.

I've basically been reading up a lot on differences between accounts and it seems some suggest to use standard account.

Cheers

bloodiedathame · 12 Aug 2015 at 06:10

Yes, you can safely skip the Apple ID for an account if you wish.

You will find with a standard account you won't be able to install anything which gets very annoying. I have all my accounts set to admin.

beachBOYken · 12 Aug 2015 at 09:25

bloodiedathame said:
Yes, you can safely skip the Apple ID for an account if you wish.

You will find with a standard account you won't be able to install anything which gets very annoying. I have all my accounts set to admin.

Thanks, so even with a standard account I can't install apps, I thought it would just ask for the admin password for such things on standard user accounts?

beachBOYken · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:49

Just a thought if I entered my apple id on first time setup for the admin account can I also use the same apple Id for a standard account?

bloodiedathame · 13 Aug 2015 at 09:48

beachBOYken said:
Thanks, so even with a standard account I can't install apps, I thought it would just ask for the admin password for such things on standard user accounts?

Yeah you could do that but that's a pain.

As for your second question, I don't see why you couldn't use the same ID for two accounts, best thing is to try it.

I can't help but think you're over complicating the situation though.

beachBOYken · 13 Aug 2015 at 09:51

yeah I am!

Im just going to use 2 admin accounts.

beachBOYken · 16 Aug 2015 at 14:49

Instead of starting a new thread....

Im aware mac os can read an ntfs formatted drive, I have a few ntfs externals with my photos backed up, which are jpegs.
I know it's not possible to write to an nfts formatted drive from mac but can I copy from the externals to mac, in my case the jpegs?

Thanks