Different mac user names

hello
i just got my macbook yesterday and i want to have two different accounts. one account that is for me and that masters everything and has a password to log onto and then a limited guest account that will be able to use only some of the software like safari and itunes but i don't want picture files or any of the master files to be seen on the guest accound but i want to be able to see the pics from the limited account's pictures.
can someone help me?
THXX

Go to System Preferences>Accounts and click the + button at the bottom. This will create a new user account.
Each user's home folder has sub-folders: Documents, Music, Movies, Pictures, etc. The data in each user's home folder is not accessible by other users. So if you create a guest user account, they will not be able to see the data that is already in your current account. If you want to share certain data among all users, put that data in the Shared folder in the Users folder.
If there are some apps that you don't want others to use, they can be installed in your own home folder.

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