I have multiple volumes on my drive. Want guest account to have no access.

[iJny9956]

I have multiple volumes on my drive. Problem here is guest user. In my use case I have one volume that contains family photos and for the volume ownership is ignored. I just don't want guest user to get any access to this, guest preferences clear after log out so... I'm out of Ideas.

I'd hate to encrypt the share and slow down ~300gb library.

What can I do?

 

[glenthompson]

Encrypting the drive will not noticeable affect the speed of the drive except during the encryption process. That would be the best route.

 

[iJny9956]

That's easy to do. How easy is it to take off encryption entirely. Thinking out loud here... Do I have to reformat all together?

 

[Fishrrman]

If those pics are important to you, I WOULD NOT encrypt the drive.
I would not encrypt ANY drive unless there was an absolutely compelling reason to do so.
If something goes wrong... all the more likely it's "goodbye" to any data that was on the drive.

If you have to grant "guest access" to others, maybe the best solution might be to find a used Mac "for guests only", and let them use that.

My opinion only.
Others will disagree.
Some will disagree vehemently.

 

[chabig]

That's easy to do. How easy is it to take off encryption entirely. Thinking out loud here... Do I have to reformat all together?

No. You just select "Decrypt" in the Finder and wait for it to finish.

 

[iJny9956]

Instead of "ignore permissions" is there a creative way to allow 2 users full read/write then some users read only? guests no access.

Feel like this would be a useful feature to have in the user settings.