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Post #2890722

2026-04-03 19:30 UTC

@atpfm@mastodon.social My high school (I graduated less than 5 years ago) had computer labs filled with iMacs. Each one was had its local storage wiped *weekly* (as did the windows machines in other labs). They all used macOS’ built in network accounts and after each reset they took about 2 minutes to re-log in for the “first” time (as opposed to seconds if you’d already logged in). All of our documents and in-app settings were preserved between resets (though iirc downloads and desktop folders were reset). https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mh27627/mac

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  • @avakining@hachyderm.io 2026-04-03 19:31

    @atpfm@mastodon.social My dad also ran this same networked account system for all the desktop Macs at home back in the late ‘00s and early ‘10s and it worked just fine.

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