Using the Guest Account in OS X. By Jacob Penderworth 11 Jan 2013. Difficulty: Beginner Length: Short. Other optional preparations include disabling automatic login so your account isn’t automatically loaded when your guest turns on the computer. That’s all there is to using the guest account, from the basics to the most advanced. Enabling guest user account on your Mac allows other users to use your Mac with full privacy. Here is how to enable the guest user account on Mac OS X.

Sponsored Links • Allow guests to log in to this computer. • Enable parental controls (You can enable it (tick the checkbox) and then configure the parental controls by clicking on that button labeled “Open Parental Controls”) • Allow guest users to connect to shared folders. (If you want to the guest user to be able to access just your shared folder (/User/Shared), check the “Allow guests to connect to shared folders” This will let the guest user access shared folders.) Check “Allow guest to log to the computer” to Enable it. To confirm you have created guest account successfully, shut down all the windows on your Mac and restart your computer. When your Mac restarts, you can see that Guest User icon on the screen. The “guest” can use Safari and a few other apps but won’t be able to view your files/folders. That’s all, mate! Blue driver app for mac.