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Child Account on Parent's Mac

With my kids stuck at home, they need to use my Macs for school. I thought setting up a restricted account would be easy?? I see Admin, Standard, Sharing Only and Group. Where is the account with parental control options. Sigh


10.15.3

MacBook Air 11", macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 30, 2020 3:57 PM

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Posted on Mar 31, 2020 4:43 AM

Set up a standard account, then use Screen Time System Prefs to manage the account.

There isn't a "managed" account type. In reality, there isn't any difference between Admin and Standard except Admin is allowed to elevate their privileges.

With Screen Time, you set restrictions on a standard account.

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Mar 31, 2020 4:43 AM in response to garywi

Set up a standard account, then use Screen Time System Prefs to manage the account.

There isn't a "managed" account type. In reality, there isn't any difference between Admin and Standard except Admin is allowed to elevate their privileges.

With Screen Time, you set restrictions on a standard account.

Child Account on Parent's Mac

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