To Creat Hidden User

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To Creat Hidden User

Create and Administror User call Hidden Administrator / hadmin


Option Click the new user and select Advanced Options...


Change UID to 499 and home folder to /var/.hadmin


Launch Terminal and run the following:


  • sudo mv /Users/hadmin /var/.hadmin
  • sudo chown -R hadmin /var/.hadmin
  • sudo rm -R /var/.hadmin/Public /var/.hadmin/Sites
  • sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users -bool TRUE
  • sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array hadmin