Difficult not to give admin rights to someone who paid for it. I tried.

Give them a second user with a really really complex password that's written down and sealed in an envelope. On the inside of the envelope put another piece of paper that says "I told you so"

Problem self-rectified. He died this afternoon :(

I'm sorry for you loss. I wish you strength.

Thanks. Appreciated. Staring at HN for distraction.

Hugs

Thank you

This works only if you're on-call for every little thing. macOS is not Windows, running as a standard user is highly constrictive.

For someone just watching YouTube videos maybe it can work, but its also incredibly infantilizing too.

The topic of this thread is protecting the elderly from their devices. Some level of infantilising is required, unfortunately.