Change Guest User settings on Mac
If you’re an administrator of your Mac, you can use Users & Groups settings to let other people use it temporarily as guest users without adding them as individual users. Learn how to set up a new guest user.
To change these settings, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Users & Groups in the sidebar, then click next to Guest User. (You may need to scroll down.)
If a guest is logged in to your Mac, you can’t select Guest User.
Open Users & Groups settings for me
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Allow guests to log in to this computer | Allow guest users to log in to your Mac without entering a password.
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Limit adult websites | Automatically limit access to many adult websites. | ||||||||||
Allow guest users to connect to shared folders | Allow a guest user access to shared folders from another computer on your network. |
Guest access works with the Find My app to help you find your Mac if you lose it. You can locate your Mac if someone finds it, logs in as a guest, and then uses Safari to access the internet. See Set up the Find My app to locate a missing Mac, device, or item.