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Q: Remove entire account from other accounts' spotlight search

I recently bought a new iMac with latest Yosemite OS X operating system and set up accounts for my kids. After playing around with spotlight search, it soon dawned on me that my search results may show up in their account search results. After testing sure enough, the other accounts search results were an open book of my account, including my private text messages and emails! I was kind of shocked this was a default because I can't imagine most parents (or any Mac users) would want other accounts peering in to every bit of info stored on their computer. Did I configure something wrong? I'm aware of adding files and folders to the spotlight privacy window, but how about completely hiding my account (which is the master account) from their search results? I've been searching online for half an hour and can't find a thing.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 2, 2015 4:35 PM

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