Why are my guest user icons constantly switching around on their own? MacBook Pro 2023

They can be restored manually, but they disappear and get replaced by others, seemingly at the will of the devil.

MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on Aug 18, 2023 4:15 AM

Reply
5 replies

Aug 18, 2023 4:22 AM in response to RUEffingKiddingMe

I've never even considered using the guest user.


All our Macs have a generic user I set up the way I want it to be. I use the ID "macuser". This in addition to the particular Mac's admin user.


In my experience, every Mac should have at least two users for security purposes. Three is you want a standard generic user. They take up little space as they have no data files. Just there to provide access in the event of a corrupt user profile which is not all that uncommon.


Or for family or friend to use the computer ... the generic user.

Aug 18, 2023 4:29 AM in response to ku4hx

It's great that your Mac is working for you. But mine is not working for me.


I have always used the guest user feature in the past to separate my work life from my domestic life. Now, the new and more expensive Mac I needed for updating doesn't work as well as the old one.


Would it be fair to pay for a car that claims to offer 5 gears and be told to just use 4 of them because that's enough for most people? I want the features my laptop supposedly came with to work.

Aug 18, 2023 11:59 AM in response to ku4hx

Thank you for your positive suggestion!


There are many, many complaints about aesthetics with updated software. This is because Macs are often selected by artists creating aesthetics; choosing colours, setting style parameters; writing music. When a new laptop comes preset with an engineer's favourite colour, style, or musical key, it is contaminating the creative process it was purchased to enable.


It's like paying cleaners to do your office, and they move your stuff to different drawers with new labels in new colours because they didn't like yours.


Settings should work, and they should be up to the purchaser. This kind of fiddling does not make my "Mac experience better than ever", to quote their sales team. DON'T even get me started on the intrusive orange flower on blue screen stabbing my eyeballs daily.

Why are my guest user icons constantly switching around on their own? MacBook Pro 2023

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple ID.