Here’s the thing: I’m not very good with computers. So to keep me from hurting myself too badly, I need the simplest interface available that allows me to run multiple applications. But most of the command keys shouldn’t work in this interface and I should only have Finder, file and Help menus.
Luckily for my poor MacBook Airs, Apple thought of people like me when they wrote the Finder and invented something called Simple Finder which makes OS X even simpler than it is by default to use. To enable Simple Finder, just go to Parental controls, enable controls for a user and then check the box for Simple Finder. Or, if you have an entire population of users like me, who simply can’t be trusted with a full operating environment, you can send the InterfaceLevel key with the contents of simple (easy to remember for those of us who resemble said key) to com.apple.finder and restart our friendly neighborhood Finder:
defaults write com.apple.finder InterfaceLevel simple; killall Finder
Come to think of it, maybe I’m not so awful. Let’s say I want to turn that whole Simple Finder thing right back off. Well, all we have to do is delete that key we created and then restart the Finder:
defaults delete com.apple.finder InterfaceLevel; killall Finder
Actually, I am terrible with these things. So much so that it’s not appropriate for me to use a computer. Therefore, just take it away. I’ll be better off using that Samsung with Windows 8 for awhile. At least there, I won’t be able to get any of my apps open or find any of the administrative tools that could damage the computer!
