How can I limit the applications a user can access?

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My brother is using my computer tomorrow and he just needs zoom, how do I force zoom to the foreground until I enter a password? I am not good with apple script, so if you could make it so I can just use it that would be good. I am on a school computer so I do not have admin rights.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 01 '20 at 07:15

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You don‘t need Applescript for this.

Open System Preferences
Create a new standard or Managed with Parental Controls user account for your brother
Enable Parental Control on this account
Limit access to the applications you want him to use

edited May 01 '20 at 07:15

anki

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answered May 01 '20 at 06:06

nohillside

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I am on a school computer, I do not have admin rights – Nate May 01 '20 at 13:04
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You're a little stuck then. In order to set up something like this, you inherently need greater abilities than the other person using the computer—think about it, otherwise either (A) your brother would also be able to disable Zoom, or (B) you'd be stuck with Zoom only forever. And if you don't have admin rights, you can't limit someone else's rights. – Wowfunhappy May 01 '20 at 13:30

Nate · Answer 2 · 2020-05-01T13:35:07.570

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I wrote an Automator app that opens zoom and if every second it tells it to open, it keeps it open.

edited May 01 '20 at 13:35

answered May 01 '20 at 13:25

Nate

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How do you prevent your brother from using Cmd-Tab, Cmd-Space or the Dock? – nohillside May 01 '20 at 13:27
every second it tells zoom to open and hide anything else. – Nate May 01 '20 at 13:34
I can also disable Cmd-Space and Cmd-Tab via settings and just turn them on again at the end – Nate May 01 '20 at 13:45

How can I limit the applications a user can access?

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