{"id":29189,"date":"2019-07-11T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T13:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/?p=29189"},"modified":"2019-07-11T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:00:02","slug":"use-macoss-guest-account-to-protect-your-privacy-from-temporary-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/use-macoss-guest-account-to-protect-your-privacy-from-temporary-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Use macOS\u2019s Guest Account to Protect Your Privacy from Temporary Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all had it happen. \u201cCan I use your Mac for a minute to check my email?\u201d The answer can be \u201cYes,\u201d but to keep people from poking around on your Mac, have your visitor log in as Guest. To enable the Guest account, go to System Preferences &gt; Users &amp; Groups. If the lock at the bottom left is closed, click it and enter your admin credentials. Then click Guest User in the list, and select \u201cAllow guests to log in to this computer.\u201d To switch to the Guest account, go to the Apple menu and choose Log Out <i>YourAccountName<\/i> to access the login screen. Your guest can then click the Guest User icon, at which point they\u2019ll have a clean account to work in. When they log out, the account\u2014including any files they created or downloaded\u2014will be deleted, thus protecting their privacy as well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Guest-user-logout.png\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Guest-user-logout.png 886w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Guest-user-logout-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Guest-user-logout-768x274.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"162\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 455px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 455\/162;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Featured image by Apple)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all had it happen. \u201cCan I use your Mac for a minute to check my email?\u201d The answer can be \u201cYes,\u201d but to keep people from poking around on your Mac, have your visitor log in as Guest. To enable the Guest account, go to System Preferences &gt; Users &amp; Groups. If the lock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[157,193,56,194,39,5,354,196,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-pros","category-apros-archive","category-asmc","category-asmc-archive","category-blog","category-mac","category-privacy","category-restricted-content","category-tip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Guest-user-logout.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-7AN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34587,"url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/follow-these-steps-before-bringing-your-mac-in-for-repair\/","url_meta":{"origin":29189,"position":0},"title":"Follow These Steps before Bringing Your Mac in for Repair","author":"computeradv","date":"October 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It has finally happened. 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