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Switch User in MacOs X
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I Realy need it
I'm not the only one using this mac and i run a server with a carbon program. So the other persons working on my computer must always work in my user and that's not very handy...
I'm not the only one using this mac and i run a server with a carbon program. So the other persons working on my computer must always work in my user and that's not very handy...
AmbitiousLemon
Moderator emeritus
this is a much requested feature. the other thing i woudl like to see, is the ability to log out with a bunch of apps running and documents open and have all that stuff launch again when i log back in. these need to be options added sometime in the future.
on a side note but still in harmony with the "switching users in osx" theme i was wondering about something i heard about users in osx. i heard that if you run osx as a user who does not have administrative privs then the finder/gui will run "snappier" than if you are the admin. im the only user on my computer so ive set everything up in my admin account so i was wondering first if anyone knew if it is true that it runs better without admin privs and if so then if anyone knew of an easy way to transfer all my preferences to a new user (hint copying the entire library folder from one user to another DOES NOT work!).
on a side note but still in harmony with the "switching users in osx" theme i was wondering about something i heard about users in osx. i heard that if you run osx as a user who does not have administrative privs then the finder/gui will run "snappier" than if you are the admin. im the only user on my computer so ive set everything up in my admin account so i was wondering first if anyone knew if it is true that it runs better without admin privs and if so then if anyone knew of an easy way to transfer all my preferences to a new user (hint copying the entire library folder from one user to another DOES NOT work!).
AmbitiousLemon
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many of you are probably familiar with my list of osx bugs and features. well i added the idea from this thread to my list of desired features and thought i would mention how i wrote it out here in case you guys thought i worded anything wrong or poorly:
option when logging out to:
1) leave all currently running apps running while logged-out/logged-in as another user (only an admin privledge and have the apps run hidden from the other user, ie in the background).
2) create a saved state so that when one logs back in all the apps, windows, and documents that were open would still be open when logging back in (like connectrix virtual pc)
3) quit all apps and not create a saved state (current default)
let me know what you think. 🙂
option when logging out to:
1) leave all currently running apps running while logged-out/logged-in as another user (only an admin privledge and have the apps run hidden from the other user, ie in the background).
2) create a saved state so that when one logs back in all the apps, windows, and documents that were open would still be open when logging back in (like connectrix virtual pc)
3) quit all apps and not create a saved state (current default)
let me know what you think. 🙂
eyelikeart
Moderator emeritus
I wouldn't use it either...
it's not much of a big deal for me to have to restart applications...but then again I'm the only person who uses my TiBook...😛
it's not much of a big deal for me to have to restart applications...but then again I'm the only person who uses my TiBook...😛
Rower_CPU
Moderator emeritus
The one thing that really bugs me is that if I'm tweaking OS X and I need to log out and log back in, I've got to relaunch Classic, painfully slow process that it is, just to go back to work in Dreamweaver, etc.
Good work with the list 'Lemon. How long is that thing now?
Gelfin
macrumors 68020
Really? They say that? Can you point me to an example? I'm not questioning your word. I want to go over there and laugh at them. One, are they talking about the "Fast User Switching" hack they've got in there? I haven't tried that because it seemed pretty pointless to me. But otherwise, how do you log out and keep apps running in XP? And why would you want to? What is it they want to keep running?
I'm not sure where this definition of "true" multi-user capability came from. I can plop down at the console of a UNIX server (arguably about as multi-user as you can get). When I log out, the stuff I was working on goes poof unless I take special steps to ensure that it doesn't. Those exact same special steps may be taken in OS X to keep processes running after I log out.
If a half-dozen users can simultaneously ssh into the iBook I now use as a cheap server, it would seem to be multiuser. If I can install XFree86 and hang remote window stations off that same iBook, it would seem to be multiuser. Do that with XP. No, seriously. I wanna see it. Sure, I suppose you could set up a Windows Terminal Server environment if your pockets are deep enough, but your typical XP user doesn't get to do that.
Seriously, I hope this isn't just a straw man argument, because I really want to go ask some idiot what he's been smoking to make a claim like that.
eyelikeart
Moderator emeritus
I didn't think about it from that point of view....I try to stay away from Classic as much as possible....
which is why I chose to partition with everything completely separate....even though having to restart in 9 from X can also be a bit teadious... 🙄
AmbitiousLemon
Moderator emeritus
perhaps a classic saved state should be another option.
until that happens i would totally suggest anyone who uses classic on a regular basis try optimizing their classic system folder. after elminating control panels, contexucal menus, extensions, etc that werent needed by the classic state i can get classic to load in about 40 seconds on my slow ass g3 333mhz powerbook. im sure you guys running computers that arent two years old can get classic to load really fast if you optimize things as i did.
until that happens i would totally suggest anyone who uses classic on a regular basis try optimizing their classic system folder. after elminating control panels, contexucal menus, extensions, etc that werent needed by the classic state i can get classic to load in about 40 seconds on my slow ass g3 333mhz powerbook. im sure you guys running computers that arent two years old can get classic to load really fast if you optimize things as i did.
Rower_CPU
Moderator emeritus
The narrow-minded definition of "multi-user" that XP proponents use is this:
One user can log in, start an app like SETI, and then log out (while choosing to "switch user"). The next user can then log in and use their apps, and SETI will still be running in the background.
This type of "fast user switching" at the GUI level is what Windows users are talking about when they accuse OS X of not being multi-user.
evildead
macrumors 65816
try the new Apple remote client
Give the new Apple remote client a try.. given that you have another mac to use ... it may do what you are looking for.
I too would like to see processes still running in the backround when you log ot.. but I dont see it happing..
they dont even do that in Solaris
Give the new Apple remote client a try.. given that you have another mac to use ... it may do what you are looking for.
I too would like to see processes still running in the backround when you log ot.. but I dont see it happing..
they dont even do that in Solaris
Taft
macrumors 65816
Run as root in the background.
It is possible to run a program as root as a background process. Then, when you log out, it shouldn't effect that process. This only works for command line apps that don't require a GUI. Like this:
sudo theProgram &
This probably won't help you much...
Matthew
It is possible to run a program as root as a background process. Then, when you log out, it shouldn't effect that process. This only works for command line apps that don't require a GUI. Like this:
sudo theProgram &
This probably won't help you much...
Matthew
Well Matthew, i've tryed this (sudo theProgram &) before but because this program is carbon it doesn't work... but thanks anyway 🙂