Changing .mac account
i have a main .mac account, and 3 other ones.
unfortunately iWeb is only publishing to the main one - and i need to put it on the other ones. anyone knows how i can do this? can t see anything in the preferences etc ....
I don't know whether adding a new user account(s) to your Mac would make things easier for you. It would depend how you want your different sites to correspond with different .Mac accounts. And you would be signing in to a different user account instead of changing your .Mac Preferences - so perhaps it's just as much hassle.
Plus you would need to move iWeb's Domain file from here...
Library > Application Support > iWeb
...to the same place at your new user account. Anyway, here are the steps for adding a new user account to your computer...
You can create individual user accounts for each person who uses your computer. Each new user has a separate home folder and *can adjust his or her own preferences without affecting other users.*
1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Accounts.
2. If some settings are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.
3. Click Add and type the user's name.
4. If you don't want to use the short name generated automatically, type a new short name. (Once the account is created, you won't be able to change the short name.)
5. Type the user's password in the Password and Verify boxes.
6. Type a hint to help the user remember the password if they have trouble remembering it at login.
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