I recently created a second user account for a friend on my 2023 M2
MacBook Pro (macOS Ventura 13.3.1). I was surprised to find out that,
by default, my friend had (read-only) access to all my private files in
my home directory.

I want all files under my home directory to be visible only to me. On
UNIX/Linux I would have just cd'd to my home directory and run a
recursive chmod command. What is the appropriate way of doing
something similar on macOS? I am hesitant to mypass the macOS
interface and run commands directly in Terminal.

In article <u72j9u$3eiq0$1@dont-email.me>, TDH1978
<thedeerhunter1978@movie.uni> wrote:

> I recently created a second user account for a friend on my 2023 M2
> MacBook Pro (macOS Ventura 13.3.1). I was surprised to find out that,
> by default, my friend had (read-only) access to all my private files in
> my home directory.
>
> I want all files under my home directory to be visible only to me. On
> UNIX/Linux I would have just cd'd to my home directory and run a
> recursive chmod command. What is the appropriate way of doing
> something similar on macOS? I am hesitant to mypass the macOS
> interface and run commands directly in Terminal.

select your home folder, go to the file menu, choose get info and
change permissions as desired (at the bottom of the panel).

On 2023-06-22 23:16:09 +0000, nospam said:

> select your home folder, go to the file menu, choose get info and
> change permissions as desired (at the bottom of the panel).

That does not seem to give me the options that I need, which are:

me (read & write)
staff (no access)
everyone (no access)

There is no "no access" option for staff.

On 2023-06-22 15:51, TDH1978 wrote:
> I recently created a second user account for a friend on my 2023 M2
> MacBook Pro (macOS Ventura 13.3.1).  I was surprised to find out that,
> by default, my friend had (read-only) access to all my private files in
> my home directory.
>
> I want all files under my home directory to be visible only to me.  On
> UNIX/Linux I would have just cd'd to my home directory and run a
> recursive chmod command.  What is the appropriate way of doing something
> similar on macOS?  I am hesitant to mypass the macOS interface and run
> commands directly in Terminal.
>

Looking at my own and other user folders on my Mac, while files at the
top level of my home folder would be available to read, the folders
where my files are normally kept (Pictures, Desktop, Documents,
Downloads, Library, Movies, Music) are all "No access" for "Everyone".

There is a UI for changing file permissions in the "Get Info" window you
can open for any file or folder.

What's more, you can propagate permissions you set downward if you wish.
There may be parts of your home folder where you want to apply
propagation with care.

On 2023-06-22 23:28:27 +0000, Alan said:

> Looking at my own and other user folders on my Mac, while files at the
> top level of my home folder would be available to read, the folders
> where my files are normally kept (Pictures, Desktop, Documents,
> Downloads, Library, Movies, Music) are all "No access" for "Everyone".
>
> There is a UI for changing file permissions in the "Get Info" window
> you can open for any file or folder.
>
> What's more, you can propagate permissions you set downward if you
> wish. There may be parts of your home folder where you want to apply
> propagation with care.

Yes, but I need "no access" for members of the staff group. When I
created the account, my friend was, by default, added to the staff
group.

In article <u72m04$3eu4v$1@dont-email.me>, TDH1978
<thedeerhunter1978@movie.uni> wrote:

> Yes, but I need "no access" for members of the staff group. When I
> created the account, my friend was, by default, added to the staff
> group.

change that.