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downgrade Admin to "Managed with parental controls" - no data loss?

I want to change my daughter's iMac account (originally my wife's computer) from "Admin" to "Managed with parental controls."

Is this possible while saving all of her school work/music/etc. which are now under the admin login/account? Or do I backup her home folder, delete the admin account, add a new one for me, then put her back in as "Standard" and go from there?

Hope there is an elegant/easy way to avoid data loss while still upgrading security on her usage...

Thanks in advance!

Kevin

Power Mac G5, 1.8 x 2, 4 GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 19, 2010 5:41 PM

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Sep 19, 2010 5:51 PM in response to kwolson

hi k,

yes you can down grade her account and enable parental controls. This will not delete her content such as itunes, photos, documents, extra.

if you haven't done so already, make another administrator account with you will use to manage the computer. Make sure the account has a password; and that password is not the same as her password.
then Login with the new administrator account.

go to system preferences and click on accounts. unlock accounts by clicking on the lock. click on the old administrator account. now uncheck allow this user to administrate this computer. then check enable parental controls. then click on the open parental controls button.

you can now configure parental controls.

downgrade Admin to "Managed with parental controls" - no data loss?

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