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[help] locking down tiger for my 3 y.o. nephew
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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i don't think 3 y.o.'s should be on the puter yet, but his parents and the fine folks at noggin disagree...
so, i set him up with his own logon, which he can do. it's a managed account using simple finder. the only rights he has is to safari and the only page i've allowed is noggin.com. that all works, but...
right now his desktop looks like this: nothing on the desktop except the dock. on the dock is a disabled finder icon, a disabled trash bin, and 3 folders: apps, docs and shared docs. (i'm not there right now so no screenie, sorry). he has to click the apps folder to get to safari and then click on safari.
what i want is either 1) no dock, and just the safari icon or a noggin shortcut on the desktop or 2) nothing on the dock except the safari icon or a a noggin shortcut. so far, i've gone back and forth giving him rights, adding shortcuts, taking away rights, being disappointed, etc...
i don't think it's possible without maybe knowing *nix or maybe a 3rd party app or maybe even automator. anyways, can anyone here advise?
thx!
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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well, you can drag the noggin.com favicon to the desktop and make a shortcut of Safari by holding down Apple + and the Option key. The dock can be sort of hidden by using Tinkertool and setting the top to the top left or right - making it as small as possible and enable the Dock to hide. This will not completely hide it but just give the illusion. It will then hide under the menubar.
Is this what you're asking ? It seems you have already done everything.
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thx, fonzie. but, the desktop is locked in simple finder mode: no dragging anything there! i did find an acceptable solution, though, and it's so simple! once logged in to the restricted account, open the 'my apps' folder and launch safari. then, right-click on the safari dock icon and select 'start at login.' ta da!
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Cant you drag Safari to the dock? Simple Finder sounds too simple otherhwise!
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nope. no dragging, no aliasing, no nothing! but, it's perfect for a 3 y.o.! (they're fearless and love to try new things. not on my watch!!)
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Originally Posted by shmengie
nope. no dragging, no aliasing, no nothing! but, it's perfect for a 3 y.o.! (they're fearless and love to try new things. not on my watch!!)
Actually, you can convert the account to a non-simple Finder (regular) account, set up the dock the way you like it, drag whatever aliases you want to the desktop, and then change it back to the Simple Finder, and the changes you made will stick, and they won't be able to change it.
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hey person man: thx for the tip, but i already tried that. all aliases and shortcuts created with full rights disappear when re-logging in under simple finder. if you've never tried a simple finder account, you should. you can't do anything!
but, like i said, 'start at login' gives me what i wanted.
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