How do I run two admin user accounts side by side in Mountain Lion? (mac osx 10.8.4)

Please explain how I can.

Alexander M wrote:
Thanks, but I've been doing that and I'm trying to find a way to transfer files from one account to the main account and I can't find where my shared folder is in the secondary account. I use Dropbox, but I only get 2 gb free.
I'm not sure if you are confusing your Public folder with the Shared folder. There's only one Shared folder and it's inside the /Users folder. Any account on your machine can access that Shared folder. There is no Shared folder associated with each account.
There is, however, a Public folder created for each individual account that is in your Home folder. This Public folder is for sharing over a network and you have to turn on Sharing and assign permissions for other users on the network to see the files in your Public folder.
For sharing files between accounts on the same machine (admin or not, by the way) use the Shared folder located in the /Users folder (yourharddrive/Users.)
See this Apple doument...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10905
You can also search the Apple document archives for more information by typing "shared folder" at the top of this discussion forum page.

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