Pixelpie

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.

 

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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), Early 2008, 2.8GHz, 4GB 500GB HD

Posted on May 2, 2014 10:00 AM

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  • by Pixelpie,

    Pixelpie Pixelpie May 4, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Pixelpie
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    May 4, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Pixelpie

    Can anyone help me with this?  Please.  I could really use some guidance as anything and everything I've tried is just leading me to more copies of applications. This is becoming frustrating for my kiddos to navigate.  Is there another preference file I need to be concerned with that might not be working?  I've tried deleting the user yet again, and still, with a log in or out, application shortcuts duplicate themselves.  Do I need to put the original applications that I want to give my children access to, in a different folder on the Admin (my) account?  I'm really not sure what else to try.

  • by Pixelpie,

    Pixelpie Pixelpie May 18, 2014 2:06 PM in response to Pixelpie
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    May 18, 2014 2:06 PM in response to Pixelpie

    I still need a bit of guidance with this please.  When I enter the expanded finder and open up the "Kids" Library folder, under Managed Items/My Applications, it lists all the duplicate application shortcuts.  I've deleted these again.  Put them in the trash, logged out and restarted.  Once logging back in, again, I have duplicates occuring. What is going on??  Please help.  I'm not sure what else to try or do.  There has to be a simple fix to this.  Doesn't there?

     

     

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  • by andyBall_uk,

    andyBall_uk andyBall_uk May 18, 2014 3:18 PM in response to Pixelpie
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    May 18, 2014 3:18 PM in response to Pixelpie

    I've tried to recreate this, but cannot. You've tried with new accounts.

    Does the problem persist after starting in Safe mode & creating (yet) another new account ?.

  • by PDT5000,

    PDT5000 PDT5000 Jul 18, 2015 10:39 AM in response to Pixelpie
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    Jul 18, 2015 10:39 AM in response to Pixelpie

    Hi Pixelpie -

     

    I'm new to this stuff, and by no means an expert. However, I think I had the same issue that you had. I figured out that the duplicate applications were (for my situation at least), coming from a Time Machine backup that had been interrupted. By hovering my mouse cursor over the iDVD and iDVD 2 for example, a little pop-up box revealed, showing it was from the backup that was "in progress."

     

    I opened my external hard drive in Finder, immediately saw that there was an "in progress" file. The rest were in folders that were organized by dates, so this was clearly the outlier. I made sure that Time Machine wasn't actively trying to back up - it wasn't. So, I right clicked on the "in progress" file in my external HD, and selected "Move to Trash." (I did not think to take a screenshot before deleting it, so I can't show you exactly what it looked like.)

     

    Then, I went into SETTINGS > USER ACCOUNTS, and checked the "other applications" in parental controls, and viola! The duplicates are gone.

     

    Sorry for the late response to your question... I was just dealing with it myself just now, and hope this might help you and/or anyone else with the same symptom.

     

    Good luck!