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<blockquote data-quote="Phacade" data-source="post: 1186871" data-attributes="member: 191945"><p>Forgive me if this seems like a dumb question. I have always liked to get a rudimentary understanding how something works even <u>before</u> I find myself in a position of using it. </p><p></p><p><u><strong>Pointless example:</strong></u> The year was 1985 and I remember staying up for hours looking at and shaking a Transformers box in an attempt to figure how how it transformed before buying it. Whenever I did get it, it went from robot to gun instantly thanks to my snappy research! </p><p></p><p>(as I recall, Kmart wasn't very happy with me for shaking an unpurchased toy) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>Moving forward...I don't have a Mac (yet), but I will soon. Can't wait for Uncle Sam to deposit my income tax check so I can join the family. But in the meantime, I had a lingering query. Probably silly, but here goes. I have a tattoo interest. As such I keep a lot (maybe 500) of photos of various work done in mutiple categories and albums of work done and ideas of work to-be-done. </p><p></p><p>A good 60% of these phones are <u>not</u> kid friendly. <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Innocent.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="O:)" title="Innocent O:)" data-shortname="O:)" /></p><p></p><p>Currently I use a program by Jasc called <strong>"Media Center Plus"</strong> to organize my photos on my PC. Clearly this will not load or work on the Mac, which isn't really a concern anyway since iPhoto will (likely) do a great job of managing them. </p><p></p><p>However...</p><p></p><p>I understand that iPhoto is more or less an open book. I'm not very keen on letting my kids (5 & 7 years old) use my Mac if they have access to albums which aren't kid-friendly. I'm not sure if password-protecting some albums is possible (or a workable solution) in iPhoto, and a removable drive may not be the best of solutions since the thumbnail will likely remain in iPhoto even <u>after</u> its unplugged.</p><p></p><p>I therefore wonder if a seperate user account is the best solution. Like the PC, I'd likely store these photos in a seperate file on the hard drive, but would they be <u>truely</u> hidden? Lets say a pretty clever 7-year old got on my Mac in the main account, got in iPhoto (which I'd used a few minutes earlier but on the seperate user I'm calling "Tattoo". The plane! The plane! Whoops, sorry about that. Professional not-so-inside joke. Anway would she still be able to access my photos since they're saved on the same hard drive but in a different folder, or can I restrict that folder specifically to the "Tattoo" user account on my Mac?</p><p></p><p>Thoughts? Ideas? <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Straight-Faced.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":|" title="Straight Faced :|" data-shortname=":|" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phacade, post: 1186871, member: 191945"] Forgive me if this seems like a dumb question. I have always liked to get a rudimentary understanding how something works even [U]before[/U] I find myself in a position of using it. [U][B]Pointless example:[/B][/U] The year was 1985 and I remember staying up for hours looking at and shaking a Transformers box in an attempt to figure how how it transformed before buying it. Whenever I did get it, it went from robot to gun instantly thanks to my snappy research! (as I recall, Kmart wasn't very happy with me for shaking an unpurchased toy) :P Moving forward...I don't have a Mac (yet), but I will soon. Can't wait for Uncle Sam to deposit my income tax check so I can join the family. But in the meantime, I had a lingering query. Probably silly, but here goes. I have a tattoo interest. As such I keep a lot (maybe 500) of photos of various work done in mutiple categories and albums of work done and ideas of work to-be-done. A good 60% of these phones are [U]not[/U] kid friendly. O:) Currently I use a program by Jasc called [B]"Media Center Plus"[/B] to organize my photos on my PC. Clearly this will not load or work on the Mac, which isn't really a concern anyway since iPhoto will (likely) do a great job of managing them. However... I understand that iPhoto is more or less an open book. I'm not very keen on letting my kids (5 & 7 years old) use my Mac if they have access to albums which aren't kid-friendly. I'm not sure if password-protecting some albums is possible (or a workable solution) in iPhoto, and a removable drive may not be the best of solutions since the thumbnail will likely remain in iPhoto even [U]after[/U] its unplugged. I therefore wonder if a seperate user account is the best solution. Like the PC, I'd likely store these photos in a seperate file on the hard drive, but would they be [U]truely[/U] hidden? Lets say a pretty clever 7-year old got on my Mac in the main account, got in iPhoto (which I'd used a few minutes earlier but on the seperate user I'm calling "Tattoo". The plane! The plane! Whoops, sorry about that. Professional not-so-inside joke. Anway would she still be able to access my photos since they're saved on the same hard drive but in a different folder, or can I restrict that folder specifically to the "Tattoo" user account on my Mac? Thoughts? Ideas? :| [/QUOTE]
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