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Millone

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Sep 22, 2020
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I am using a Mac Mini M1 with Monterey to display IOT devices data on Safari.
I need the user to be able to access and use only Safari.
I understood that the guest account limits access to the user only to Safari and this would be perfect in my case.
However, I need to set a password on such guest account. Is there any possibility to set a password on the guest account?
If not, How can I make a user that can access only Safari?

Thanks for helping.
 

Weaselboy

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Jan 23, 2005
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You cannot do anything like that with the Guest account since it is run from the recovery volume and can't be altered.

Just make a second account on the Mac then use Screen Time setting to only allow the access you want. See the link at the top.
 

rm5

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Mar 4, 2022
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Yep, do exactly what @Weaselboy mentioned.

There used to be a way to convert a user to a "Parental Controls" account, or create a new "Parental Controls" account way back in the day, I don't know if that still exists though. If not, you'll have to exclude all the apps except for Safari manually.

I haven't done this in years so that's all I can tell you that's somewhat accurate.
 
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