Managing Multiple Mac's (Business)
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We now have multiple mac's in our office, all logged in via one Apple ID.
However it seems that everything's linked! you can copy on one and paste on another, you can see browser tabs between macs etc. etc.
As a business, how should we be managing multiple Mac's for business?
It is simply a case of creating multiple Apple ID's or is there a better way?
However it seems that everything's linked! you can copy on one and paste on another, you can see browser tabs between macs etc. etc.
As a business, how should we be managing multiple Mac's for business?
It is simply a case of creating multiple Apple ID's or is there a better way?
How many devices are you talking about?
Apple Business Manager might be worth a look - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/apple-busine...
Apple Business Manager might be worth a look - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/apple-busine...
MrSparks said:
We now have multiple mac's in our office, all logged in via one Apple ID.
However it seems that everything's linked! you can copy on one and paste on another, you can see browser tabs between macs etc. etc.
As a business, how should we be managing multiple Mac's for business?
It is simply a case of creating multiple Apple ID's or is there a better way?
That's because you're using the same Apple ID, I think you can turn those features off within the settings if you need to.However it seems that everything's linked! you can copy on one and paste on another, you can see browser tabs between macs etc. etc.
As a business, how should we be managing multiple Mac's for business?
It is simply a case of creating multiple Apple ID's or is there a better way?
How many Mac's are you talking here? If it's a handful it's probably not worth investing in any centralised management software, I would suggest that each person would have a non-admin logon though so they cannot make significant changes to the OS and install any software that they like, it shouldn't affect the way they work but it helps control what is installed and potentially consuming resources.
Likewise, would I be right in thinking because of the same Apple ID you are storing files in iCloud under the same ID, it's probably a good idea to have a shared area where people can file data, whether that be a local NAS and/or cloud (iCloud/Dropbox) which they could all access.
Thanks for your help everyone, looks like it's best just to create a few different Apple ID's then. There's only 4 mac's here in total (still trying to get some people to convert from Windows haha) so it's not a major requirement/issue.
We use Google Docs for storage and everything we do is web based so the iCloud etc isn't needed or used, it's purely to set the mac up and to install software as and when required.
We use Google Docs for storage and everything we do is web based so the iCloud etc isn't needed or used, it's purely to set the mac up and to install software as and when required.
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