Kiosk display on a Mac Powerbook

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--D. Thiebaut 10:37, 10 April 2013 (EDT)


A series of step to create a kiosk on a PowerBook mac.

Platform

The mac is an old Powerbook PowerPC G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.8.

Account

The account is "New Account", no password, admin privileges.

Setup

  • "New Account" is set to automatic login
  • The movie to play at startup in a loop is put on Desktop, in DisplayCase.mov.
  • In the Users pane of the Systems Preference app, with New Account selected, click on Login Items and put the movie DisplayCase.mov in the window. Do not click on the Hide box.