Take Control of Users & Accounts in Tiger

Does dealing with user accounts in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger make your head spin? In this ebook, Kirk explains why you need at least two accounts, tells you everything you need to know about different types of accounts, and shows you how to create the right types of accounts for the different people who use your Mac. Learn how to use a troubleshooting account to solve maddening problems, make the best use of Fast User Switching, and share files between users. Special digital lifestyle advice for families! Kirk reveals undocumented tricks for sharing music and photos among multiple users on your Mac using iTunes and iPhoto.

Read this ebook to learn the answers to questions like:

Why must I log in to my Macintosh?
Why are my files in the Users folder?
What's the difference between a login item and a startup item?
What's the purpose of an Administrator account?
How should I set up accounts on my particular system?
Can I limit Web and email access on my child's account?
How can people log in and log out more quickly and with less bother?
What's the best way for users on my Mac to share documents?
Can users on my Mac share iTunes songs or iPhoto images?

Want more technical details about file and folder permissions? Check out Take Control of Permissions in Mac OS X. Or, if Leopard is the cat you want to Take Control of, read Take Control of Users & Accounts in Leopard.

Book Info

73 pages
Version 1.0
Published Apr 29, 2005
864K download
ISBN: 9780975950333
Free sample with Table of Contents, Intro, Quick Start, and section starts.

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About the Author

Kirk McElhearn is a freelance writer, specializing in Macs, iPods, iTunes, digital music, and more. In addition to having written or co-written a dozen books, he is a Senior Contributor to Macworld magazine and he contributes to several other Web sites and magazines. He reviews classical CDs for MusicWeb and audiobooks for Audiofile, and he is a translator from French to English.