Take this from an old Mac hand. It is always a good idea NOT to run as an administrator unless you need to. Apart from your own errors, this leaves you open to any Mac malware that might be floating around. Just because you aren't using Windows doesn't mean that you are immune. Never do e-mail or surf the Web as an Administrator!
John On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 08:31:14PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes! that seems like a very good idea at the moment. I am sure when I am a > bit more confident using the Mac I will change it back again. > > thanks > > Keith > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darcy Burnard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 8:21 PM > Subject: running as a non admin user > > > >Hi everyone. Recently I've seen a lot of messages from people who have > >gotten in to trouble by doing things like renaming and deleting > >applications. One thing I would suggest is to create a second user > >account for administrative things, and then downgrade your standard > >account to a regular user. Then, you can only effect things in your home > >folder. If you need to do anything that involves things other than your > >home folder, you get prompted for an administrator name and password. > >Definitely a good way to prevent accidents. > >You do this in the accounts section of system preferences. > >Darcy > > > > -- John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer JJB Software, Inc. http://www.jjb-software.com Madison, WI USA Developing software for people with disabilities
