Setting up multiple users

Does Yosemite offer any new options for setting up multiple users on one computer akin to family sharing with separate ID's for each user?
Thanks.

Sure, just create user accounts for each user on the Mac. (System Preferences>Users and Groups)

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Can you set up multiple user accounts on one laptop?

can you set up multiple user accounts on one laptop?

Of course.
And instructions can depend on which OS X is installed.
For v10.7 Lion > OS X Lion: Create a new user account
For v10.8 Mountain Lion > OS X Mountain Lion: Create a new user account
When you post for help, please state which OS X is installed.
If you aren't sure, click About this Mac from your Apple menu 

How can i set up multiple user accounts for my new ipad mini?

How can i set up multiple user accounts for my new ipad mini?

The iPad mini is basically a one user device. There are no Accounts. You can set up restrictions so that only you can do certain things.

How do we set up multiple users?

how do we set up multiple users?

Create separate user accounts for each use. Use Accounts preferences or Users & Groups preferences depending on which version of OS X you are using.

Although we have iPhones and iPads, this is our first mac pc and we wanted to know the best way to set up multiple users with parental contro;s

although we have iphones and ipads, this is our first imac and we wanted to know the best ways to set up multiple users with parental controls

I'm assuming you have the lastet OSX version 10.9 "Mavericks." Here are some useful links from Apple I think will help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14414
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14099
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14280
and a video:
http://support.apple.com/kb/VI28
I suspect you have a newer iMac than the pre-2006 models this forum covers (the forum labels are unbelieveably vague). If you can confirm that yours is newer than 2005, I can ask the Hosts to move you the the forum for current iMacs, which gets many more views.

How do I set up multiple users with different configurations

I have a Mac Pro that is shared by multiple users. Some edit using Avid Media Composer 6.0, and some edit using Final Cut Pro 7. Our client monitor is connected using a Matrox MX02 Mini. When I install the latest drivers for the Matrox MX02, I can use the client monitor with Media Composer, but not Final Cut Pro 7. When I back-rev the drivers to support Final Cut Pro 7, I can't use the MX02 in Media Composer.
Is there a way to set up two users -- one for Avid editing and one for Final Cut editing -- that will each load different sets of drivers?
Thanks!

Not in one boot system. The only way I can think of doing what you want is to dual-boot - ie, either partition a single drive with two volumes, one for each configuration, or, if you can, use separate physical drives. The Matrox drivers are loaded at the system level, not the user level.
If you have a spare drive, you would just clone your system across using Carbon Copy Cloner / SuperDuper, then boot to the second system and adjust the drivers as necessary.
Matt

How do I set up multiple users on my Imac?

I want to set up different accounts for myself, wife, and daughter since we use such different software routinely. How can I set multiple users up? How can I secure the computer so they can't download anything harmful or "mess up" the computer? Will a screen pop up before Mac OS Leopard starts, similar to Windows? If not, how?

Since you're a newcomer to the Mac, once you sort out the accounts issue, review these:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac,
MacFixIt Tutorials, and
MacTips Learning Centre.
Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:
Quick Assist.
Welcome to the Switch To A Mac Guides, and
A guide for switching to a Mac.

How do I set up multiple users on my ipad2

How do I setup multiple users/passwords/privileges

How to Share a Family iPad
http://www.macworld.com/article/1163347/how_to_share_a_family_ipad.html
iOS & iCloud Tips: Sharing an Apple ID With Your Family
http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-5-icloud-tips-sharing-an-apple-id-with-you r-family/
How To Best Use and Share Apple IDs across iPhones, iPads and iPods
http://www.nerdsonsite.com/blog/2012/06/07/help-im-appleid-confused/
 Cheers, Tom

Can you set up multiple users on a MBP?

I just got my first MBP. I set it up and signed in with my Apple ID info.
Is there a way to set up another user so my wife can sign in web she uses the computer?
Thanks!

When you do this, you might want to be aware of how to "fast user switch" between accounts so that either of you can take over the Mac without having the other person log out. Note that the currently active username is at the right of the menu bar. Click that and you get a menu so you can switch to any other account on the Mac. Other accounts that were running continue to run in the background.
If your wife was using the Mac and you fast-user-switched into your own account, when you're done you have two choices. If you want to stay logged in but not have your account in front when your wife returns to the Mac, choose Login Window from that account menu. That will hide your account but leave it running, while letting her log back into hers. If you are completely done, click the Apple menu and choose Log Out, which will exit your account into the login window so your wife can still get back into her account that's still running in the background.

Setting up multiple users / computers with 1 itunes on NAS

Hi all,
Sorry in advance is this question has already been asked, there is so much stuff floating around on the forum that it would take for ever to surf thru it all.
I recently purchased a Buffalo NAS with itunes server on it.
I'm currently in the process of copying all music folders from local Disk to NAS - some purchases from iTunes, some from my own CD collection.
I will be reinstalling windows on my Desktop PC.
What i want to achive is
1. A fresh start in iTunes (no ratings, no play counts etc), i will be rebuilding my PC soon so i guess this bit is easily achieved - install iTunes and point to the NAS.
2. Then install iTunes on a 2nd computer, and when I play a song or rate a song from either computer, ensure that the information is visible from the other computer. (Basically if i rate a song on computer 2, and then log onto computer 1 at a different time, the rating made from computer 2 is visible).
3. Have the same playlists duplicated on computer 1 and computer 2.
4. Setup a 2nd user on the 2 computers (Family member) to access the same music folders / files as myself, so that they can rate the music according to their taste without changing the rating I've already made,
Finally, we both have our own itouch players, and want to be able to sync independently using the above.
Thanks a million in advance to anyone who knows the answer to this hopefully easy problem.

ios devices don't really work well with multiple users at once

Dscl to set up multiple users

I would like to use dscl to set up quite a few users on a prospective FTP server.
I can export a file from my database with the user names, passwords and home directory names and would like to know the syntax so I can use Terminal to create these users.
Would appreciate if someone could post a sample line to give me an idea where to start.

click system preferences
click users & groups
create multiple users

How do you set up multiple users? Netscape use to let me choose which profile to start. Can I do this with Firefox and can I have email linked to each individual user/login? How?

Netscape use to let me choose and create new profiles. after clicking on the icon for netscape i was prompted for which user profile i wanted. can i do this with firefox? also, each user profile was linked with its respective email account. can i do this through firefox as well? I need help. i have tried setting up firefox before and since i couldn't accomplish this i had given up but netscape is so old and most sites cause it to crash, i need a solution. i have 2 main profiles and 2 different email addresses. any advice or help, even not firefox related would be great

Firefox doesn't have the same type of interface for the Profile Manager that Netscape did. You might want to look at SeaMonkey ''(which uses the same Mozilla Gecko code as Firefox has)''.
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

How do I set up multiple users on itunes.

My two kids have my old phones and I want to set up apps and music for them and keep separate from mine...they are too young to have their own itunes account. Can anyone point me in the right direction

Log into the user account on your Mac, open iTunes, make sure the account is set up and autosync disabled in iTunes/Settings/Devices.
Connect the phone, right click on it in the device list and choose backup. This manual backup will save all data and settings. Do the same for the purchases, to copy apps and bought media.
Set up at least one contact and event, to be able to merge contact and calendars during the first sync.
Let iTunes set up and erase the phone and use the manual backup to restore from.
All content should be back on the phone again.
Music and apps can also be downloaded again for free: Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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Can anyone please advise me how to set up multiple users, with multiple devices while only sharing one iMac, thanks.

My partner and I both have iPhones and iPads but share an iMac, as our contacts and calendars go through iCloud, both gets merged when it comes into iCal and contacts. Do we have to set up separate accounts on the iMac to handle this correctly? Thanks

How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer

Trying to set up multiple users, multiple roles in Tomcat

I've been learning webapps by making a webapp for the school where my wife works -- to manage assigning students to the rotating schedule of art periods throughout the year. Lots of fun and very good learning. I bought a Tomcat book, installed Tomcat 4.1.24, and have been writing html, jsp's, servlets, etc.
I've got a good deal of it working. Now I see that there will be areas of the app where it makes sense to restrict access to only those who have the roles -- the teacher who does the basic assignments work will have "manage" role, my wife who works in admissions will have "admin" access to the areas that allow students to be added to the database, general users will have access to areas where information is available but they can't change things. That sort of security planning.
I'm not worried about industrial strength security. It's a nice place, no big security worries with the students, it's not on the web, just the school's local network. So I plan to use Tomcat's BASIC auth, and I've tried to set it up in the tomcat-users.xml and the webapp's web.xml.
So I have 3 roles in tomcat-users.xml - user, manage, and admin. There would be a general user, named "user" with user role. That one could get in to the opening page, and to any other page not further restricted. The teacher would have "user" role to get in, and "manage" role to get to those pages that involve assignment tasks. My wife would have "user" to get in, and "admin" for admin stuff. A user would be blocked at the "secure" pages, but having logged in with both roles, the teacher and my wife would get them without further authentication.
<tomcat-users>
<role rolename="user"/>
<role rolename="manage"/>
<role rolename="admin"/>
<user username="user" password="userhat" roles="user"/>
<user username="hillary" password="managehat" roles="user,manage"/>
<user username="susan" password="adminhat" roles="user,admin"/>
</tomcat-users>
In the web.xml, I thought I could set up 2 different "security areas" in the web.xml, as a "proof of concept" exercise.
<security-constraint>
<display-name>Entry Level Security</display-name>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Open Pages</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>user</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<security-constraint>
<display-name>Art Blocks Secure Pages</display-name>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Secure Pages</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/secure/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>admin</role-name>
<role-name>manage</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
However I find that the general user, after passing the BASIC authentication popup, gets the opening page, but then can get to the admin stuff without any further popups. I must be missing something.

Hi,
Tomcat is not big on security. It doesn't have good security in standalone mode.Whenever I used Tomcat, another web server like Apache was used to provide authentication. This doesn't answer questions but you know at least not to expect too much.
http://galileo.spaceports.com/~ibidris/

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