How can I make the login window's list longer?
There are five of us in our family, but the login window only holds four names in Tiger. In Panther it held five, and now my youngest (whose name is alphabetically last) is disappointed because he has to scroll down to see his name.
But there is plenty of screen real estate for a really long list! How can I have a longer list in the login window without scrolling?
I posted this back when using Tiger, and hoped that Leopard would at least bring back the Panther days of 5 users in the list---if not a window that adjusted to the number of users. <Sigh>
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=864315&tstart=0
econupmac wrote:
Yes, I've thought about making it fair that way. But then there are no more cute pictures, and we have to type more.
I was also thinking about adding a character to the beginning of each long name. And then every once in a while changing the character that each family member has to change who is #5 on the list.
Would changing the User Name cause problems?
I thought of that but it's not a good idea. The repercussions might get messy. I don't know.
This is not the short name, just the long one. The short user name can't be changed after creating the account.
It can be changed but it's even more fraught with problems. If you right-click your user name in Accounts you have the option to change the short name - - but read the caveats carefully - and then perhaps don't do it.
To get five, I could use the card suits and also a diamond.
Next: An Applescript that randomly pre-fixes those symbols to each person's user name? Run the script each night or each time someone logs out. Hmm, System Preferences is scriptable.
Again, I would not recommend name changes, esp. on a regular basis.
If you use TimeMachine it might get confused.
Your best bet is to send Apple an enhancement request for future OSs or even this one.
I am sure that the OS can be hacked to do what you wish, but there are unintended consequences of each and every system hack - one of which is that updates expect certain things to be constant.
One solution is to buy a second computer
Even if you have 5 accounts on the login page, what if you gain a 6th?
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