Do two user accounts double the hard drive space used?

[Crotonmark]

Sorry for a newbie question. I had to reformat my iMac to do a clean Lion install. In order to get everything right from time machine I used the migration asst and created a new acct. Does this mean my hard drive is using double the old space now that I have two accts? I mean, are there two iPhoto folders? Two iTunes folders?

TIA

MARK

 

[marc11]

Sorry for a newbie question. I had to reformat my iMac to do a clean Lion install. In order to get everything right from time machine I used the migration asst and created a new acct. Does this mean my hard drive is using double the old space now that I have two accts? I mean, are there two iPhoto folders? Two iTunes folders?

TIA

MARK

No.

 

[Crotonmark]

thanks Marc11
I guess that no says it all !

 

[marc11]

thanks Marc11
I guess that no says it all !

LOL, I started to elaborate, but in the end, NO pretty much summed it up. Multiple accounts WILL use a small amount of HDD space for the user home folder, personal settings, etc, but things like Apps, iTunes library, etc are not duplicated, they are just pointed to.

 

[Quad5Ny]

You can also delete the un-used account if you want; http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8163.html

 

[Crotonmark]

Is there a benefit to removing the old account?
I hate deleting things...

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Sorry but now I am confused again.
This is from the apple link on deleting a user account. If there is something to drag to the trash doesn't that mean that there are duplicate files now on my hard drive??? - Mark

If you saved the user’s files, they are stored in a disk image in the Deleted Users folder, in the Users folder.

To see the saved files, double-click the disk image in the Deleted Users folder.

To delete the user’s files, drag the disk image to the Trash.

LOL, I started to elaborate, but in the end, NO pretty much summed it up. Multiple accounts WILL use a small amount of HDD space for the user home folder, personal settings, etc, but things like Apps, iTunes library, etc are not duplicated, they are just pointed to.

 

[itickings]

If there is something to drag to the trash doesn't that mean that there are duplicate files now on my hard drive???

No.

Unless you are using the word "duplicate" for something that does not mean "exactly like something else" of course...

Just carefully re-read what you quoted from marc11 as well as the Apple link.