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LarryDoc1

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 1:34 am
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Is it possible to make a single application password protected so only
one user can open and use that program? Like Mail, for instance.

I searched the newsgoroup archive and see that this was discussed a bit
a few months ago, with no real simple way to do it, short of waiting for
Panther's user-switching on the fly ability.

Any solution in the mean time?

--Larry

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Tom Harrington

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 1:34 am
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In article ,
LarryDoc <larrydoc RemoveThis @nospam.yahoo.com> wrote:

 > Is it possible to make a single application password protected so only
 > one user can open and use that program? Like Mail, for instance.
 >
 > I searched the newsgoroup archive and see that this was discussed a bit
 > a few months ago, with no real simple way to do it, short of waiting for
 > Panther's user-switching on the fly ability.
 >
 > Any solution in the mean time?

Move the application. Applications don't have to be in the
"Applications" folder, they can usually be almost anywhere. So, move
the application to a folder that only the one user can open.

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MacAdviser

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:26 pm
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You can look at AppDefender ( macinapp.com/products.html ). It protects any application on your Mac by a password. Really interesting idea and simple.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:35 pm
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> You can look at AppDefender ( macinapp.com/products.html ). It protects any
> application on your Mac by a password. Really interesting idea and simple.

uh, what's the point? os x already has password access to the account
and parental controls for controlling access for particular apps. just
another desperate attempt at spamming.
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MaDum

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:25 am
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For example, i don't want to create new account on my Mac and in this way MacAdviser is right. May be it's spam, but also it's a good advice.
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