Why Admin Acct. Sharing Applications

Question

I have an iMac i7 in which I set up two account:
1) An administrator account which is mine
2) An standard account for my wife.
But I've noticed that every app I download is shared between both accounts (vice versa). Why is that? For example if I or her download an application like AIM or an app from the mac app store, it's shows up in both our accounts...even though me/her never downloaded it in our account. Please help because it defeats the purpose of having our own account.

Answer 1

Ruddy V. wrote:
But I've noticed that every app I download is shared between both accounts (vice versa). Why is that?
If you put them in the top-level /Applications folder, they're accessible to all users. That's where all Apple apps are (and should be left).
If you put them in an Applications folder inside a user home folder, then only that user will see them.
That's often a problem, though, as many apps expect (or insist) on being in the top-level Applications folder, and either won't work or won't be updated if they're elsewhere.
Please help because it defeats the purpose of having our own account.
No, it doesn't. You can both use the same application, but you'll each have your own settings, preferences, and data associated with the app, since that's all stored in each user's home folder.
For example, that's how you each use Safari or Firefox but with spearate bookmarks, browser history, etc.