Prevent deletion of downloaded movies and shows - severe autism related

There appears to be no way to restrict the deletion of downloaded movies and TV shows from the TV app. This is a problem because my adult son has severe autism and inadvertently deletes his downloaded movies quite often. This becomes a huge problem when he is somewhere without an Internet connection and none of his movies or shows are available. If anyone knows a way to prevent this, please let me know. I have went through numerous community questions regarding the same issue, but have not seen any answer that fixes it. Apple appears to just ignore it as an issue which is very disappointing all things considered.

Posted on May 6, 2026 7:48 PM

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May 7, 2026 8:26 AM in response to Bren_D__A

the Mac he uses should have an ADMIN account that he does NOT use daily.


His account should be a regular, non-Admin account.


Then you can place a few more restrictions that will not be bypassed "by accident", such as restrictions on downloads, or different ownership of certain items to prevent deletion.


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To actually do this:

create a new Admin account, with a non-trivial password.

NB>> You will not use it often, so WRITE IT DOWN on paper somewhere.


log in as that Admin user.

change the settings on his daily-driver account to NOT-Admin


log in with his account again and check.



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