osx - Don't give access to purchased apps to other users of a Mac

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2014-07
  • alienlebarge

    At work, I use a Mac with OSX 10.9.2 and I use my personal App Store account on it.

    I have to create an account for my colleagues on this Mac too.

    Will they have access too all the apps I have bought with my account ? If yes, is there a way to prevent this?

    • Answers
  • SPRBRN

    Parental controls are one way to go, as @Alienlebarge suggested. Another option is to move the apps out of the app folder into your own personal folder. After installing, move them away to another folder.

  • Merlin069

    Following on from @SPRBRN, if you create an Applications folder in your home directory, OSX will treat this as a proper Applications folder, allowing registration of programs that you add there and only you will be able to access them.

    Note that when you install a program, either by copying it into the Applications folder, or downloading it from the AppStore, the application is registered with the system.

    So I suggest you create an Applications folder in your home directory and move the apps there.


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  • Chealion

    Moving my comments into a proper answer:

    The reason you can't log anyone out is that none of your users are actually administrators on the computer. You can check in the Terminal by looking at the /etc/sudoers file or attempting to run sudo -s. Additionally it should state that your account is Standard in the Accounts Preference Pane in System Preferences.

    Reinstalling Mac OS X is one method, the other is to enable the root user to use the Account Preference Pane to set one of your users as an administrator again.

  • porneL

    Does shutdown command work for you?

    If so, you can use it as a workaround. Add it to sudoers file (so that admin password is not needed) and create script that launches it automatically. This way you'll be able to force shutdown with a click of an icon.

  • Tiago Veloso

    Have you tried to open Terminal.app and type in:

    shutdown -r now

    ?

    shutdown - is the command to turn off -r - is the flag to reboot now - is when you want to send the signal

    This should force logout everyone else.