User Switching

[carfac]

Hi:

I had to do a complete reinstall of Os X (because 10.4.9 screwed things up badly), and I lost one of my favorite features- a drop down list on the upper right with all the user names. Made it quick to switch users.

Any idea how I re-enable this?

Thanks!

Dave

 

[Lixivial]

Just a friendly tip for future reference, you may wish to consult OS X's built-in Help system as it answers this question for you. In fact, I'll quote it:

You can turn on "fast user switching" to allow more than one user to stay logged in to a computer at a time. For example, if you're working on a spreadsheet of financial data and your daughter begs to check for iChat AV messages, you can switch to your daughter's account. When she's done checking for messages, you can switch back to your account and your spreadsheet is right where you left it.

When fast user switching is turned on, the name of the current user is displayed in the upper-right corner of the menu bar. You can click the name to select another user to switch to. If the other user's account doesn't require a password, the computer switches automatically to the new user's home folder. Otherwise, you see a dialog asking for the user's password.

To turn on fast user switching:

1. Open System Preferences and click Accounts.
2. If some settings are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.
3. Click Login Options.
4. Select "Enable fast user switching."

 

[carfac]

Thanks- I searched in Spotlight for user switching- that did not pick it up.

Works- thank you!