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On my personal MacBook Pro, there is an option for staff to edit and view things.

Why is there an option for staff to do anything on a personal laptop and personal Apple ID? How do I remove this option? Not a managed device.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Aug 14, 2022 3:44 PM

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Posted on Aug 14, 2022 3:55 PM

Because all users are in the staff group.

There are three levels of POSIX permissions, user, group, and other (everyone). Files and folders can be in a group, or not.

You can remove the group in the Get Info window, Sharing pane.

The files inside your home normally will not have a group set. The home folder and the Public folder will have the group set so that other users can view the user’s Public folder.

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Aug 14, 2022 3:55 PM in response to emilye23

Because all users are in the staff group.

There are three levels of POSIX permissions, user, group, and other (everyone). Files and folders can be in a group, or not.

You can remove the group in the Get Info window, Sharing pane.

The files inside your home normally will not have a group set. The home folder and the Public folder will have the group set so that other users can view the user’s Public folder.

On my personal MacBook Pro, there is an option for staff to edit and view things.

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