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  <title type="text">Guest User on a Mac</title>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Guest User on a Mac]]></title>
    <updated>2015-11-30T17:07:46+00:00</updated>
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      <name>Mark Ford</name>
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      <xhtml:div xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">iMac running 10.11.1 - Automatic Login is Off.  It displays a List of Users on start-up.<xhtml:br/>
The controls for that are here: System Preferences -&gt;Users &amp; Groups<xhtml:br/>
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I thought I had set up my Mac so that an 'Other User' is a Guest User [Enabled, Managed] and is set up so that it doesn't need a password - <xhtml:br/>
..the box entitled "Allow guests to log in to this computer" is ticked -<xhtml:br/>
..the blurb under the tick says 'Logging in to the guest account does not require a password.'<xhtml:br/>
I have also enabled parental controls  on the same screen<xhtml:br/>
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I find am unable to log into the Guest User from the Log-in screen on start-up or from the Menu Bar as it demands a password.<xhtml:br/>
What have I missed?</xhtml:div>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Guest User on a Mac]]></title>
    <updated>2015-11-30T21:44:55+00:00</updated>
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      <name>Trevor Hewson</name>
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      <xhtml:div xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I may be wrong, but don't you just hit the return key when prompted for a password?</xhtml:div>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Guest User on a Mac]]></title>
    <updated>2015-12-01T09:01:48+00:00</updated>
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      <name>Douglas Cheney</name>
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      <xhtml:div xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I have had this happen to me Mark, and if I remember correctly when you have ticked the box allowing logon without password you have to restart your Mac.</xhtml:div>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Guest User on a Mac]]></title>
    <updated>2015-12-02T16:47:47+00:00</updated>
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      <name>Mark Ford</name>
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      <xhtml:div xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Thanks Trevor &amp; Doug - I tried your ideas but without success.<xhtml:br/>
This is what seems to work but I somehow feel there is a better way.<xhtml:br/>
From the Menu bar click on the Admin name,<xhtml:br/>
In the drop-down click on Login Window,<xhtml:br/>
Double click on the writing "Guest User' [not the grey person's head],<xhtml:br/>
A Guest User window opens that has no access to the Admin User without the password.<xhtml:br/>
If you wish to get rid of the Guest User then you have to shut down the Mac - I can't find another way.<xhtml:br/>
I can now leave my grandchildren to play about as they wish.</xhtml:div>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Guest User on a Mac]]></title>
    <updated>2015-12-02T21:51:40+00:00</updated>
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    <author>
      <name>Tony Still</name>
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      <xhtml:div xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Mark,<xhtml:br/>
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I saw one report online suggesting that deleting the Guest user account (completely, from System Prefs) and then recreating had solved this problem. I wouldn't be optimistic but it's worth a try if you've given up waiting for a walk in the sunshine (dullest November on record and December looking like good staying-in-and-computing weather too).</xhtml:div>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Guest User on a Mac]]></title>
    <updated>2015-12-03T12:19:05+00:00</updated>
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    <author>
      <name>Eric Jervis</name>
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      <xhtml:div xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Steady on Tony,<xhtml:br/>
it has been a bit dull but some of my roses are flowering for the third time, the fuschias are being prolific and the rhubarb has started sprouting again. Roll on you Global Warming!</xhtml:div>
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