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Remove, disable or hide Photo Booth ?

Hello, I am trying to remove hide or disable Photo Booth on classroom computers. Is there any way .. other than blocking the camera with something like tape ... to do this ? Thank you in advance !

Posted on Nov 14, 2023 7:21 AM

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Posted on Nov 14, 2023 12:44 PM

It might be possible to create secondary, non-Admin accounts for the students to use … then use Screen Time to impose "parental controls" on those accounts.


Set up content and privacy restrictions in Screen Time on Mac - Apple Support

https://www.macworld.com/article/673847/how-to-set-up-parental-controls-on-mac-2.html



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User profile for user: Servant of Cats
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Nov 14, 2023 12:44 PM in response to achinitz

It might be possible to create secondary, non-Admin accounts for the students to use … then use Screen Time to impose "parental controls" on those accounts.


Set up content and privacy restrictions in Screen Time on Mac - Apple Support

https://www.macworld.com/article/673847/how-to-set-up-parental-controls-on-mac-2.html



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Nov 14, 2023 12:30 PM in response to achinitz

Might try editing the .plst...

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.PhotoBooth.plist


Especially these...


</data>

<key>LibraryPath</key>

<string>/Users/bd1/Pictures/Photo Booth Library</string> to some locked folder that they can't save to.

<key>NSNavLastRootDirectory</key>

<string>~/Downloads</string> to some locked folder that they can't save to.


Or trashing Photo Booth after disableing SIP...


Disabling and Enabling System Integrity Protection | Apple Developer Documentation



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