Guest users in EP.

Hello friends,
I have EP 7.0 SP13. Whenever I restart J2EE engine, I see guest users gets logged in on each server node.Could you please provide me with details what this guest users? How can I prevent guest users from loggin into all the nodes.
Thanks
Suman

Hi,
Dear friend guest users are critical for restart. This is no unique situation and you can be happy with this.
The system uses guest user to do basic restart. I dont see any security issues. If you disable guest user , your Portal will not start up.

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Why does GarageBand audio work for guest user but not my account?

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About a month or two ago I tried to download the new GarageBand (10.0.2) but I had trouble completing the loops download. The download would stop halfway through because of a network error. So last week I decided to try to download it again, and I was able to do so after reading some discussions about the issue. I successfully completed the download in safety mode and then I restarted my MacBook. At this point I was able to open GarageBand 10.0.2 and create a new project. Unfortunately, there was no audio coming through the output and sound bar for the various audio components in GarageBand. I had no audio when previewing the loops or playing it back in an audio track. I didn't really test anything else out because I figured I needed to fix this problem first. I have read many discussion boards about audio problems with GarageBand. I have already made sure everything is set properly in the GarageBand preferences and the audio preferences in system preferences. I've tried restarting GarageBand and restarting the computer.
This evening I found a discussion from the username icewhatice and they seemed to have had my exact problem. I'm not sure that I found the answer on this discussion though. For reference, this is what icewhatice posted: "I have no audio coming from Garageband 10.0.2. Downloaded it on Saturday and have spent the last two days trying to figure out why it won't work. I'm using a macbook pro with an Alesis QX49. GB registers keyboard when I plug it in but no sound whatsoever, not even from the onscreen keyboard. It seems to read the keyboard as if I play a C chord, it appears in the display. I've done all the obvious stuff like check preferences, restart, I've deleted and downloaded new GB several times and always with same result. Actually, it took me about four attempts to download it in the first place as I was getting an internet connection error message right at the end of the download, and I see others have had that problem. Managed to solve that by downloading in safe mode but now the no sound thing is driving me absolutely crazy because I can't play my keyboard!!!!! Also, worth noting that there is no audio level being read anywhere, I believe in the new version this appears in the volume control at the top. I've also looked into it potentially being a problem with my keyboard and it possibly needing an update but can't find any difinitive answer for that anywhere. I've stopped looking into that because the on screen keyboard doesn't even work - if that worked then I would know at least GB works and it's something to do with the keyboard. So, I am at a complete loss. If anyone has any ideas about why this is happening or what I could do to solve then I would be very grateful."
After reading this, I realized that I am unable to create new tracks, and I realized that I have the same problems with old projects saved from the last version of GarageBand I had. I have not tried to download GarageBand again since it did not work for icewhatice. léonie ended this post by saying: "Something is certainly wrong - either the current project, some settings in your user account, or the downloaded GarageBand version. Or incompatible software may be interfering. If a new project does not work, try to test by logging into a different user account, for example the "Guest User" account. Create a new project using this account. Does GarageBand work better from this account? Then we will need to troubleshoot your preferences."
I have tried this and started a new GarageBand project in the "Guest User" account. GarageBand was working fine in the "Guest User" account and all of the audio was working properly. Does anyone know how I should troubleshoot my preferences?

If an application is working in a different account, but not in your regular account,try t find out, what you configured differently in your own account, for example start-up items or preference panes you are using, applications and other helper tools, that are only installed for your regular account. As a first guess, remove GarageBands preference files from the user library in your Home folder.
But you will have to reset all settings you did in the GarageBand preferences dialog. And GarageBand will not remember the last project. You'll have to find the file manually.
Remove these files from your User Library to a folder on your Desktop:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.garageband.plist
~/Library/Caches/garageband
Quit GarageBand, then remove the files to a folder on the Desktop and restart the computer, before trying again to open GarageBand.
You user library may still be hidden, as is the default in Mavericks: To open your hidden user library:
Select the "Home" folder icon (the little house) in the Finder's sidebar and press the key combination ⌘J to open the "view options".
Enable "Show Library Folder".
Then open the Home folder and open the Library folder inside and navigate to the Preferences, Caches, or Containers folder. Remove these folders completely - don't leave anything inside: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/,
~/Library/Caches/garageband .

I can no longer see my account name, but get a Guest user account, I can no longer see my account name, but get a Guest user account

I can no longer see my account name so I can gain access to my information, but now all I get is a Guest user account and it won't let me log into that account. All it lests me do is re-start the computer and use it in restricted mode. Can someone please help me!

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Let 'er rip and...
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How do i get rid of the guest user account on my mac?

The guest user account keeps appearing on my login screen and i want to get rid of it, i do not want others to be able to access my account. How am i able to do this? I have tried to go on through the user section and nothing i seem to do in there helps. Please help!

You don't want to get rid of, it's a security feature. If someone steals your Mac, all that account permits is Safari access, no other access to the computer. This enables you to locate your Mac.

Some programs crash but not in safe mode or for guest user

Hoping that some talented and kind Mac wizard will help me solve a bizarre problem: Some but not all of my programs have started crashing immediately upon launch, but not in safe mode, nor when I log in as a guest user.
The problem began on February 5th, right after I installed an update to my OS (bringing it up to version 10.7.3), which included an update to the firmware for my computer, a Mac mini from mid-2010. The programs that began crashing upon launch *may* be those that were open at that time, but I can’t be sure. They include Adobe Reader, Picasa, Word for Mac, and a sweet little utility called uCalendarX.
Specifically what happens with, say, uCalendarX, is this: After I launch it, nothing appears on screen for a few seconds, and then comes a message that it is trying restore its windows, with a choice of whether to attempt restoring them or not. After a few more seconds comes the news that it has quit unexpectedly. The first several dozen lines of the crash log appear at the end of this posting.
So far my troubleshooting has revealed the following:
(a) When I reboot in safe mode, the programs that crash now work normally.
(b) When I boot the usual way but log on a guest user, the programs that crash now work normally.
(c) Fully emptying the trash made no difference.
(d) The problem was not solved by restoring my hard drive (via Time Machine) to its state the day before I downloaded that update to the OS and the firmware. (This was a drastic step, the intervention of last resort, and I was sure it would work. But no. Perhaps I did not go back far enough for the restoration.)
(e) Deleting the plist files and plist.lockfiles made no difference.
(f) Deleting the files for the app under Saved Application States made no difference.
(g) Disabing the user’s font cache (as happens in safe mode) made no difference.
(h) Uninstalling Adobe Reader, emptying the trash, downloading the latest version, and installing that made no difference – this latest version newly installed continues to crash (but not for a guest user, nor for me, the administrator, in safe mode).
(i ) Repairing permissions on the hard drive made no difference.
I will be mighty grateful for a solution to this perplexing, vexing problem!
B.t.w., I don’t know Unix but was able to do all those (fruitless) interventions listed above.
Gordon Bear
Ramsey NJ U S A
The log from one of the many crashes of uCalendarX begins as follows:
Process:         uCalendarX [750]
Path:            /Applications/uCalendarX 3.2.3/uCalendarX 3-2-3.app/Contents/MacOS/uCalendarX
Identifier:      com.riuz.ucalendarx
Version:         3.2.3 (3.2.3)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [289]
Date/Time:       2012-02-20 00:38:48.931 -0500
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.3 (11D50b)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          2463 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           3
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 30 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   3
Anonymous UUID:                      0CA8DA26-8927-4AC3-B35F-3B2E9FD65A8E
Crashed Thread: 4
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000008bcc45ab
External Modification Warnings:
Thread creation by external task.
VM Regions Near 0x8bcc45ab:
     CoreServices           0000000004fd0000-00000000051ee000 [ 2168K] rw-/rwx SM=COW
-->
     __TEXT                 000000008fe52000-000000008fe85000 [ 204K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /usr/lib/dyld
Application Specific Information:
objc[750]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib            0x920136e6 __open + 10
1   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc5b403 TFileDescriptorContext::TFileDescriptorContext(char const*) + 77
2   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc5b1c5 TFileDataReference::TFileDataReference(char const*) + 65
3   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc5b056 TFileDataSurrogate::TFileDataSurrogate(char const*, bool) + 136
4   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc59af3 TFont::CreateFontEntitiesForFile(char const*, bool, TSimpleArray<TFont*>&, bool, short, char const*) + 2581
5   libFontParser.dylib               0x9cc58a7a FPFontCreateFontsWithPath + 193
6   libCGXType.A.dylib                0x950164b0 create_private_data_with_path + 26
7   com.apple.CoreGraphics            0x95349ecf CGFontCreateFontsWithPath + 33
8   com.apple.CoreGraphics            0x95349b09 CGFontCreateFontsWithURL + 442
9   com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1c1aa TCGFont::TCGFont(__CFURL const*, bool) + 90
10 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1bfb2 TCGFontCache::CopyFont(__CFURL const*) const + 92
11 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1be6c TBaseFont::CopyNativeFont() const + 50
12 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1bd6f TTableStore::CopyTable(unsigned int, TCFRetained<__CFData const*>&) + 81
13 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1bade TBaseFont::CopyTable(unsigned int) const + 72
14 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1ba0f TcmapTable::TcmapTable(TBaseFont const&) + 31
15 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b8fd TBaseFont::GetGlyphsForCharacterRange(CFRange, unsigned short*) const + 27
16 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b79b TASCIIDataCache::TASCIIDataCache(TBaseFont const*) + 83
17 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b70f TBaseFont::CreateASCIIDataCache() const + 47
18 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b690 TFont::InitAdvanceCache() const + 42
19 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e1b4ad TASCIIEncoder::Encode() + 45
20 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e4433f TGlyphEncoder::EncodeChars(CFRange, TAttributes const&, TGlyphList<TDeletedGlyphIndex>&, TGlyphEncoder::Fallbacks) + 925
21 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e19ff6 TTypesetterAttrString::Initialize(__CFAttributedString const*) + 322
22 com.apple.CoreText                0x90e19b9d CTLineCreateWithAttributedString + 47
23 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d2b2d TCoreTextEngine::LayoutSingleLine(THIThemeTextInfo*, float) + 23
24 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d2a9a TCoreTextEngine::Layout(THIThemeTextInfo*, float, float, TextLayoutType) + 64
25 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963ad2c9 TCoreTextEngine::VerifyLayout(THIThemeTextInfo*, float, float, LayoutIntent) + 309
26 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x96410b0a TCoreTextEngine::GetThemeTextDimensions(float, THIThemeTextInfo*, float*, float*, float*) + 54
27 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x9640fc51 DataEngine::GetTextDimensions(void const*, float, HIThemeTextInfo*, float*, float*, float*) + 283
28 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d1fc5 HIThemeGetTextDimensions + 187
29 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d1ca3 HIMenuBarView::MeasureMenuTitle(MenuData*, unsigned char, float*, int, unsigned char*) + 451
30 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d1a49 HIMenuBarView::MeasureAppMenus() + 261
31 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963abb5d HIMenuBarView::EnsureBarLayout() + 489
32 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963ab152 HIMenuBarView::DrawSelf(short, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 520
33 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963aac22 HIView::DrawCacheOrSelf(short, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 86
34 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963aaa42 HIView::SendDraw(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, CGContext*) + 124
35 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x964395c7 HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char, float) + 755
36 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x964398b9 HIView::RecursiveDrawComposited(__HIShape const*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*, unsigned char, float) + 1509
37 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x9643a86b HIView::DrawComposited(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, __HIShape const*, unsigned long, HIView*, CGContext*) + 1227
38 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x9643a9b3 HIView::Draw(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, unsigned long) + 81
39 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x9643ad7b HIView::Render(unsigned long, CGContext*) + 45
40 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963d084f WindowData::PrepareForVisibility() + 137
41 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963cf893 _ShowHideWindows + 355
42 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963cf728 ShowHide + 44
43 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x96399b09 _GetMenuBarWindow + 872
44 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x96399765 GetMenuBarView(MenuData*, unsigned char) + 74
45 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963a2f3a MBarMenuRgn + 26
46 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963a2d27 _ZL7ShowBar21MenuBarAnimationStylehhh + 281
47 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963cd42a _ZL21UpdateAggregateUIMode21MenuBarAnimationStylehh + 772
48 com.apple.HIToolbox               0x963e38e5 ShowMenuBar + 163
49 com.apple.AppKit                  0x001a9cad -[NSApplication finishLaunching] + 1331
50 com.apple.AppKit                  0x001a9374 -[NSApplication run] + 142
51 com.apple.AppKit                  0x0043d261 NSApplicationMain + 1054
52 com.riuz.ucalendarx               0x00001eea _start + 216
53 com.riuz.ucalendarx               0x00001e11 start + 4

Thanks for thinking about my problem. I've already experimented with creating a new user, a co-administrator. The programs don't crash when that account is running, just as they don't crash when the guest-user's account runs. So it seems that the problem is limited to the default user's account, which is the one that was running when I installed the updates to the OS and the firmware. Another clue is that the programs that crash as soon as they are launched are *probably* the ones that were open at that time in that account. Yet deleting Saved Application States does not keep the programs from crashing when next launched.
So the mystery continues, but these additional facts will help with the diagnosis, I hope.
Thanks again for your suggestion.
Gordon

Why can I not disable the guest user in the 10.8.2 update? I have never enabled the guest user, but after the update, it was automatically enabled with a "managed" tag. It is not selectable even after entering my admin password to unlock the options.

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Iphoto opens as guest user but not primary user

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If iPhoto only opens in the Guest account, then some setting in your main account are faulty. Perhaps preferences files are not readable.
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In Lion or later also the cached file in
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto
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Click somewhere on the empty Desktop to bring the Finder forward.
Select "Go" in the Finder's main menu bar and hold down the alt/option âŒ¥ key, until you see the "Library" in the drop-down menu. Double click it to open a Finder window, so you can browse the files inside.
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Files created while using a guest account are deleted when the user logs out. A temporary home folder is created for the guest’s files. When the they log out, the home folder and it’s contents are deleted.
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Restart the computer (with Parental Controls off) and try again. If there's no change, see below.
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If you installed the Java runtime distributed by Apple and still need it, you'll have to reinstall it. The same goes for Xcode. All other data will be preserved.
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My number 5 key is not working and my password has a number 5 in it. How can I change my password when I'm signed in on another account or as guest user? I need help

- If the "other" account has administrative privileges then just try changing the PW for your account.
- Forgot Mac Password? How to Reset Your Mac Password (with or without CD)
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Reset mac mini admin password: Apple Support Communities
- If the problem is due to a bad KB just get a new KB

How can I create a custom environment for the guest user in Mavericks?

Hello Mavericks insiders
I need to setup several new MacBooks running Mavericks for school use. We want to use guest because everything is reset at each login. However, I first need to permanently customise the environment for the guest user:
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- adjusting printer settings
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I think I have to copy certain library files in the Terminal. Which files exactly? From where to where? What is the correct Terminal syntax to do so?
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As i am the sole user of my computer i dont use my password, therefore to be honest i have forgotten it. Now I dont know how to get my password back and i cant delete the guest user which seemed to have put itself there. if I try to delete. It I am told i will lose all my files. I simply switched off last night as I was so frustrated by it. technical terms are not much use to me, at 78 i feel I just need simply directions as to what to do. i am sure there is nothing wrong with the desktop. i would be grateful for any suggestions

how to get my password back
Your Mac encrypts your password as it is entered. It is never stored "in the clear". It cannot tell you what it is, or even how many characters are in it. All it can tell is, when you enter it again and it encrypts it again, "was that it?"
So you will need to Reset your password, which changes it permanently, deleting the old one.
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OS X: Changing or resetting an account password (Snow Leopard and earlier)
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How can I find the IP address of guest users who log on to my Adobe Connect Meeting?

We had an Adobe Connect meeting that was open for guest users to log in under generic user names. Does the Adobe Connect meeting log keep the IP address or other identifiable information for these guest users?

Footprints will track and report the User IP's.
http://www.refineddata.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62:footprints&cati d=43:custom-pods&Itemid=62

Guest user account logged into while away from house/computer!!!

Warning: I am not a tech-pro!
Okay, I have a 2011 Mac Book Pro running OS X LION 10.75 (11G63) unsure what those last numbers mean but they were there so I thought perhaps it might be helpful to add them.
Recently I moved into a granny flat and pay $10 a week to use their unlimited internet wifi. I log into my wifi through this device called a WiFi Repeater? It's plugged into the wall in my unit, as I warned I am not incredibly tech savvy so I am only guessing when I say I suppose this extends the main wifi signal from the actual home owners upstairs big modem? Any who.... A few times I have seen in the Finder Memu ot says 'Shared' and under that 'Wendys PC' (Wendy is the homeowner) then if you click on it it tries to connect but won't or there is a 'Connect As' option which brings up a little screen saying - connect as wendy, which requires a password or connect as guest which doesn't look like it requires a password- I'm not certain because I've never tried to connect any further, I only pressed that initial connect button when I had mentioned to Wendy I could see her PC & she asked me to press connect & prove I could not in fact connect (I'm starting to despise the word 'connect' since having to type this post about connection). So... We just kind of let it go. It did really worry me that Wendy (who worked in the tech field for years in particular with an Internet provider, could possibly connect to my computer and nosey through all my files- and to be honest, that would not actually suprise me. She is incredibly 'inquisitive'... And that's putting it mildly. I do have a password on my Mac Book Pro but I don't think that would be that hard to break through/hack if you have the knowledge/software. And yes, I do have confidential files on there! Banking/business/private photos (I'm trying to lose weight so take one nude photo per day to do a time lapse of myself in a year or two- obviously for myself not for others eyes lol and I would literally die in the *** if someone ever saw these). So basically I have good reason to protect my privacy. As does everyone! Anyway my first question is - Could she log in and how could I tell if she had? Now, the second part of this ridiculously long question (my apologies) is I was logged into my personal account all last night & this morning. As I stated- it IS password protected. The user account is not. Before I went out (and I can't actually recall if I closed the lid or not when I rushed out today... Usually I do but maybe I didnt... Whatevs) So, I get home and activate the screen by moving my finger on the touch pad and lo & behold I'm straight away looking at a totally different screen? It took me a few seconds to realise why my desktop looked completely different with none of my files etc... It was - as you've probably guessed- because I was in fact in the guest user account. Now, I didn't even have to click ON 'Guest User' as I normally have to. When you turn my Mac on it always comes up with - 'My Full Name' (one account login) and then 'Guest User' (the second account login option).... So you HAVE to choose which one you want! But my screen was straight away logged into the Guest Users desktop! I did NOT do this guys! So, of course now I'm extremely concerned that either she, her husband or their son whom is visiting for the weekend - have either a) logged in remotely on one of their computers or b) have come into my home and tried logging in & then forgot to log out of the guest account. I want to know if there is any way to find out what they did, what they opened if they did, how to stop it from both happening at all or if my suspicions are in fact happeninh AGAIN And I guess on a more personal, less tech involved note - how would you all deal with such a situation? Let it go? Or be upfront about the fears/concerns I am experiencing since moving in just over a month ago. AND most importantly - IS there any other reason -other than someone physically logging into my guest user account & failing/forgetting to log back out so that when I got home & activated my screen I was actually looking at the guest user desktop's account instead of the Mail application screen in the 'My Full Name' password protected user account where I had actually left it before rushing out.... Like, is there ANY other possibly explanation for my user account being logged into when I'd left it on my own account t before I left that doesn't include someone in the house hacking/breaking into/snooping through my Mac? Also- you should understand that when I leave my Mac for just a few minutes I have it set up so that the computer screen 'sleeps' (I'm assuming that's the correct term) so that if for instance -exactly like this morning- I have to rush out and don't want to/don't have time to save work/quit applications/shut down etc... I can walk away leaving the laptop as is knowing within a few minutes the screen saver comes up (and if that's ledr for long enough it goes into sleep mode) and no one can actually enter my private account without my password. I feel safe knowing that.
Sorry.... I FELT safe.
I'm truly sorry for how long-winded this question has become, I simply wanted to give anyone possibly willing to help me sort out this issue, as much information as possible. I think I have actually only posted here once before (I find these sort of forums quite intimidating) and I often see people getting bashed for not providing enough information. So, I'm pretty sure I'll get picked on for too many words if anything!!?! Lol
Thank you, in advance for your help!
Olivia;-).

Ouch.
Not easily. You could try data recovery software... maybe SubRosaSoft's File Salvage or the like.

I'm new to Mac, have had for approx. I put my iPhone and iPad and my wifes in iTunes and now when i start my system on. I now have a Guest user show up at the log on screen. Is this normal. And how can I take it off.   Tried the help and no luck

I'm new to Mac, have had for approx. I put my iPhone and iPad and my wifes in iTunes and now when i start my system on. I now have a Guest user show up at the log on screen. Is this normal. And how can I take it off.   Tried the help and no luck

Tatanka11 wrote:
I'm new to Mac,...
Then... You may find these Links of Interest and Value...
Show me how to set up my Mac.
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/     Switching from PC
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/
Enjoy your Mac...

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