![]() As the publishing and printing sector wained I moved into Internet Marketing and in 2006 co-founded which grew to become one the top 200 visited sites in the US (according to Quantcast), at its peak receiving over 15 million visits per month. I've been a passionate evangelist for Apple and the Macintosh throughout my working life, my first love was a Quadra 605 working with a small creative agency in the south of Norfolk UK in the mid 1990's, I later progressed to other roles in other Macintosh dominated industries, first as a Senior graphic designer at a small printing company and then a production manager at Guardian Media Group. Select ‘Edit’ from the toolbar, followed by ‘Disable Root User.’.Select ‘Login Options,’ and give the ‘Join…’ button a click.Click the padlock icon, and enter your admin password.Navigate to ‘System Preferences > Users & Groups.’.Since root makes your Mac more vulnerable to malicious third parties, if you no longer require root privileges then you should delete this account. If someone gained access to your root account, they could cause some serious damage to your Mac. As soon as you’ve finished this task, you should log out of root and back into your regular user account. ![]() ![]() You should only log into the root account when you have a task that specifically requires root privileges. Even system admins and Mac power users are unlikely to require root access on a day-to-day basis! Since it’s much easier to delete, modify or generally break crucial files, you shouldn’t use the root account for everyday tasks. On the surface, this account may look exactly the same as a regular user account, but files that are usually off-limits are perfectly accessible within this account – including important system files!
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