How do you share same info on multiple account computer

Question

Excuse what may be a simple or obvious question, but I'm new to this particular environment...
We're moving info from an older G4 computer to a new MacPro.
On the older G4 computer, we had just one account which all users accessed -- it was a very simple work setup. On the newer MacPro, all users will have their own account.
There is still certain info/data that all users will need to access, such as Address Book info, iPhoto photos, and iTune songs.
1. After we set up the separate user accounts, what is the best way to set up the MacPro so that all users can access the same iTunes, iPhoto, Address Book, etc. data?
2. For other files that an individual may be working on -- such as Word, inDesign, Excel, etc. -- how can one user best access another user's file.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

Re: Sharing iPhoto...
For iPhoto 09 (version 8.0.2) and later:
What you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Any user can drag a pic from the Shared Library to their own in the iPhoto Window.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc.
Quit iPhoto in both accounts. Move the Library to the Users / Shared Folder
(You can also use an external HD set to ignore permissions, a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.)
In each account in turn: Double click on the Library to open it. (You may be asked to repair the Library Permissions.) From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
Regards
TD