Q: Multiple Applications in Parent Controlled User Account
I've been running Mac for a while but this is the first time I've set up a second user. I'm also not as Mac savvy as a lot of you are on here but I can make my way around, so please be patient with me if I ask a silly question or two.
In setting up a user account for my "Kids", I used the Simple Finder, limited their applications to a select few, and limited their web use to a set number of web pages as they are still quite young and are just beginning to use computers. Everything worked out well, except when we log out and back in again. When we do this, a second copy of applications show up in the Applications folder. With every log in, there is a new set. I think we are now up to 19 copies of each application allowed.
I deleted the shortcuts and they reappear. I've deleted the user account entirely and carefully set it all up again. Same thing. I tried deleting it again but ditto with the result. I've restarted multiple times. I've reset the PRAM. I've deleted prefences files. I've ran a Mac Cleaner. I updated to Mavericks from Lion in hopes it was related. It still does it. This is driving me nuts. I've googled and googled. I've searched these discussion boards. What am I missing? Surely there is something relatively simple to resolve this? I'm out of ideas and I'd really like this fixed so my kids can use their user account.
Can anyone help out a stressed out mom?
Thanks in advance.
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), Early 2008, 2.8GHz, 4GB 500GB HD
Posted on May 2, 2014 10:00 AM

