Can access secondary User Accounts but when in one no windows show up?
Hi there,
We are running an iMac Intel Core Duo 2 with 10.5.8 and are having issues with a second account. We set it up so that my girlfriend and I have an account each for our own iPhones. However we can't get her one to work.
We can access it and it takes us to her screen, however it never shows any activity or windows we might have opened. We know it works because if you turn Voiceover on we can tell it's still tabbing through menus and options and running behind the scenes. But the options it gives us are limited, and it's totally unusable.
All software is up to date, all disk permissions are OK and I have tried many of the help topics recommended on these boards. Even setting up a brand new account has the same issue.
Any help or insight you could offer would be gratefully received in case there is anything I've missed.
Many thanks,
Sean
Should anyone come to this topic in the future and be having similar issues, after 3 days of trying and resetting various things I had no joy in rectifying the fault with the second user account.
However I have found a workaround situation for using an iPod and iPhone with the same iTunes. And it goes something 'like' this (from memory):
1. First up, be sure to have access to all the Music and preferences on your second user account by locating their folder in the Users folder and copying their iTunes folder in their Music folder somewhere safe. You may need to press Apple + I to access the folder and allow Admin access.
2. Start up iTunes by holding down the ALT key, which will give you the option to create a second account. Name it, say where you want it to be stored and start it up. When it's seemingly working, shut it down.
3. Copy the whole iTunes folder you backed up at Step 1 into that folder. This should preserve the previous Users playlists, album artwork, info etc.
4. Whenever you restart iTunes from now on, hold down the ALT key and it's simply a case of choosing which account you desire.
RESTORING iPOD
If however, like me, the iPod still won't work with the new account due to being synced with the faulty User Account's iTunes, then unplug your iPod, start up iTunes holding COMMAND + ALT and then plug it in. It should let you restore the iPod. Then quit out, restart the application and beginning afresh.
BE SURE TO GET EVERYTHING OFF YOUR iPOD THAT YOU WANT FIRST THOUGH OBVIOUSLY.
There are plenty of little apps out there that let you do so for free.
It doesn't solve the bigger issue listed at the top of this thread alas, but goes some way to getting your iPod back in commission again at least...
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