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From: Brian M Davis on 1 Jun 2010 20:41
Is possible to install an app to an administrator account and not give
other user accounts access to it in Snow Leopard?
From: nospam on 1 Jun 2010 21:03
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<69641af1-3091-4344-9f44-538e0f9ac834(a)o15g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
Brian M Davis <bdavis34(a)carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> Is possible to install an app to an administrator account and not give
> other user accounts access to it in Snow Leopard?

put it somewhere inside the administrator account's home folder,
optionally within an application folder.
From: Wes Groleau on 1 Jun 2010 23:35
On 06-01-2010 21:03, nospam wrote:
> Brian M Davis<bdavis34(a)carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>> Is possible to install an app to an administrator account and not give
>> other user accounts access to it in Snow Leopard?
>
> put it somewhere inside the administrator account's home folder,
> optionally within an application folder.

Or change its permissions

Or make the other accounts "managed" or "parent-controlled"

nospam's suggestion is probably best for most cases but it may vary
depending on the specifics.

--
Wes Groleau

Linguaphone and the place of grammar 1954
http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1586
From: David Empson on 2 Jun 2010 00:41
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article
> <69641af1-3091-4344-9f44-538e0f9ac834(a)o15g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
> Brian M Davis <bdavis34(a)carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Is possible to install an app to an administrator account and not give
> > other user accounts access to it in Snow Leopard?
>
> put it somewhere inside the administrator account's home folder,
> optionally within an application folder.

Preferably within an Applications folder you create in the home folder,
since that is one of the standard places the system looks for
applications (e.g. launch services, for locating applications to open a
double-clicked document).

Two caveats:

1. Don't move any applications that were installed by Apple (or third
party applicaitons using Apple's installer). If you do, subsequent
updates will not be applied correctly.

2. Don't move any applications installed by a third-party installer. If
you want the application to go in a "nonstandard" place, tell the
installer where to put them. If it doesn't offer that as option, you
should stick with its normal location.

That leaves third party applications which are manually installed (by
dragging and dropping). These should work anywhere, but there may be a
few exceptions.

--
David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
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