Admin and child account

Daphne01

I'm using a macbook and have created Admin and child account, the problem is that only the admin account appears on the log in scrren so I have to log in with that then log out before the child one appears.

My question is what settings can I change so that they both show on the log in screen

Thanks in advance :beer:

Mr_Toad

Go into System Preferences.

Select Users & Groups

click on the padlock at bottom left and enter the Admin password so you can make changes.

You'll see the users listed on the left and at the bottom it says login options, click on this. At the top on the right you should now see a box labeled Automatic login. Turn this off using the little arrows on the right side of the box.

When you reboot you should now have the choice of accounts at power up.

Daphne01

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Go into System Preferences.

Select Users & Groups

click on the padlock at bottom left and enter the Admin password so you can make changes.

You'll see the users listed on the left and at the bottom it says login options, click on this. At the top on the right you should now see a box labeled Automatic login. Turn this off using the little arrows on the right side of the box.

When you reboot you should now have the choice of accounts at power up.

Thanks but that doesn't seem to work for mine

Mr_Toad

Have you got FileVault turned on?

FileVault is another security tool, it encrypts the hard drive to protect data. If it's turned on then only the Admin user has to log in first as you describe before other users can.

You can allow other users to log in at power on in System Prefrences under Privacy & Security.

If FileVault isn't turned on then you might have to try and fix the broken account or even delete it and create a new one. Some people with this issue find this the easiest way to sort it.

Mr_Toad

Another thought.

in Users & Groups

Right Click on the User ID and select advanced options.

What does it say in the various boxes? In particular the Home Directory box?

It should be /Users/username

Where username is whatever the username you set was.