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I just installed El Capitan on a laptop and I want to install applications without going through the OS X welcome and creating a user.

I would like to give my brother a laptop that has Adobe's photo and audio editing applications pre-installed, as though it is an OEM install, so that he can go through the OS X system and user setup from the fresh El Capitan install. I want him to be able to set the system name and first user that are chosen during the OS X setup.

I am guessing it will require root use through Single-user mode, so as to avoid the Apple Welcome and OS setup, but I'm not sure how to go through the install process that way.

Is there a better way? Can I do that and be sure that the applications will work after he creates his user?

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On OS X, you can't remove the only user, and you can't do anything without a user added. There's always a user for interacting with the system. +1 to the suggestion of adding a generic user to start, but give them explicit instructions for setting up a new one.

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Found the solution in this forum post by "SideStepSociety" on Macworld Hints forums. The post details how to circumvent the OSX setup routine to do exactly what I wanted:

  1. Boot into recovery
  2. Log in as root
  3. Create the "AppleSetupDone" signifier
  4. Install software and any system updates
  5. Disable root and re-enable the OSX Welcome and setup.
  6. Congrats, we're done!

Please visit the detailed instructions by "SideStepSociety" for a walkthrough and Terminal commands.

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