Parental Controls set up

Hello all,
I have decided that it is time to start using Parental Controls to limit game playing time for the three boys that use my Mac Mini.  I had already set up my admin and login for myself and installed a few games for the boys.  I would usually log in and allow them to use the computer.  With that said I am setting each of them up with their own login and limiting the time each can use the computer (which ranges from less to more for the 11 to 15 year old)  However, those games that were installed under my log in do not show up under their login's.   Having a data limit with my cable provider I really do not want to download some of these games and install under each user id....   Is there anything I can do to allow the software under my login work for the other logins?
Thanks
Michael

Hi Michael,
First see if they're in your user's Application folder, or in Applications folder at root of the drive, if in /Users/YourUserName/Applications/ try duplicating it/them, moving the copy to their /Users/TheirUserName/Applications/ & changing rights on the moved copy.
Some Apps will require other things, so this may not work.

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