Anyway someone partitioned my password protected iMac

ok so i have a few "other" files question still floating about.
i have an idea.
could someone partition my imac and i don't know it...
is there a way to find out..
i know it'a paranioa time 101...lol
is there an absolute way to find out how many users are useing my password protected imac.
like could someone online gotton in here and this allows for the 4o4 gigs of other for 78 gigs of stuff i can see.
frustrated
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Any Mac running OSX 10.7 or later is going to have a partitioned drive. It is how the system is set up to work without a installer DVD.

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I am currently a Windows user and recently upgraded to Vista. I was very unhappy with Vista, and I am currently looking for a used Mac on eBay.
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The site for the iMac is http://cgi.ebay.com.au/APPLE-IMAC-G5-PROCESSOR-19-1-8GHZ-160GB-512MB-DVD-RWW0QQitemZ200268187414QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200268187414&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66% 3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&trksid=p3286.c0.m14
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Tonefox, Kappy,
Thank you both for your Comments.
While I don't won't to start a debate here, I must admit that I belong to a rare bread of apple fans: the obnoxiously critical bunch, the more I love a product the more critical I become towards that product, because I would like to see more and more improvement.
I would like to remind you that all the laptops that I have owned for the past decade had this simple security feature. And, yes, you won't be able to use them if you don't have the bios passcode. ( unless you know how to crack the bios, not easy)
I understand the car/ bike / washing machine argument. However, a laptop, a phone and an tv is diffrent. These can be protected because you can have that feature in their operating system, and have the operating system unalterable without the passcode( just like my old 2001 Dell laptop ). Comparing an iPhone to a car or a truck might not be the best example.
We can all disagree with each others forever, but I guess I can confidently say that if your iPad gets stolen, you would, at least, want the SOB who stole it be totaly unable to make any use of it. Am I being unrealistic here too? Unless you are a total pacifist, I think you would agree with me.
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I like to do what I can to make my clients happy, but may not be able to in this instance. However, what I was thinking, although I believe that I already know the answer, is adding a password protected, locked layer with my low opacity watermark over the image. Unfortunately, I can't think of anyway to achieve this password protecting of a layer. Sure I can lock a layer, but it can be turned off at will.
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We can only make conclusions based on what little you have described. GIGO.
We're only left to addressing the foolishness of the shoot as there is nothing that can further be said about a ridiculous hope of software. Do we recognize the silliness in supposing that you could supply a file that is both editable and not editable?
Adobe already offers some security options in PDF files (preventing copying, printing, editing, opening, etc), which are easily defeated. Hold your breath to wait for this stunningly ineffective technology to make it to other Adobe apps.
As this is such an issue for you, it may be time to reevaluate the business model of prints as a significant portion of your service. Home computers and Walmart's in-store photo printer have replaced most of your service, even if you forced the client to sign a piece of paper vowing not to duplicate. Photographers really need to focus on and charge appropriately for the craft of photography (like employing guards on windy, rainy days) and not try to be intellectual property managers for an end product that they really cannot control anymore.
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No, you were right, I just misunderstood. Technically it's called single-user mode. But, you were right.
Anyway,
Since it seems that there might not be an answer directly related to your topic you could maybe give this a try.
In Simple Finder the user can not restart or shutdown. They can only sleep and log out.
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Hi mjs273,
This should be no problem. I'm assuming you use iWeb to publish to a folder on your computer and then you upload the files to your web hosting company.
Most web hosts have an browser-based admin facility. Through that you should be able to setup password protection for your site or for just certain sections of the site.
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Steve M.
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