Share folders between accounts

I'd like someone with an account on my computer to be able to share my itunes music folders ( or some of them, if possible). How would I give a new account access to folders created on my admin account?

Hi William,
The easiest way is to go to iTunes>Preferences>Sharing tab, there you can share your whole Library or just certain Playlists.

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On your imac can you share documents between accounts?

on your imac can you share documents between accounts? If I work on a Pages document can another account see that document and ber able to work on it?

If you want to copy the file between users you can use the Public folder in your home directories. If you put something in the Public folder other users can see it and copy it out if they want to send something to you they can copy it into your Public/Drop Box folder.
If you both want to be able to work on the same document you could use the /Users/Shared folder which is read/write for all users.

Share music between accounts

How can I share music between accounts?

Accounts are just user names and passwords with which to purchase content.
Please explain.
What exactly do you want to do?

How do I share applications between accounts (ie Skype)

Not sure how to share applications between accounts? If I load Skype to my account for example, how can my wife see and use that same Skype account without having to have her own?

There are two aspects to this ... 1) where you install the Skype software on your Mac and 2) whose ID you use to login to Skype.
1) You should always install software in the root /Applications folder. This is the default installation folder for nearly all software. Installing in /Applications makes the program (app) available to all user accounts on your Mac. If you install the software in any other folder (especially a folder inside your own user account), it will usually limit use of the software to that account only.
2) After installing Skype as I indicated above, if you want your wife to use her own user account on the Mac, but sign in to Skype with your Skype user ID, all she needs to do is log into her account on the Mac and then open Skype and sign into Skype with your user ID & password.

Sharing folders between accounts

How do I share a folder between accounts in the same iMac without having to move the original folders to public folders or without having to connect via AFP/SMB? I want another user to log in to his account and being able to see a shared folder in his desktop.

FIrstly create a folder in the root of you hard drive (generally Macintosh HD is the name of the system drive so you would double click on Macintosh HD then hold control on your keyboard and click within the White space in the window and you should see the option to create a new folder once you select new folder give it a name I would call it share but the name can be anything) once that's done again hold control on the keyboard then click on your new folder and you should see the option for get info click on that and than click on the arrow next to sharing and permissions and then click on the padlock and enter your admin password to unlock it after that click the plus button and add the users you want the folder shared with and then make sure each user has read write permission and then click on the aarow pointing down and select apply to enclosed items and that should be it ( you don't have to place the new folder in the root of the hard drive but if you place it anywhere within your home folder it will most likely cause issues somewhere down the line) the other option you have is to section off a part of your hard drive to use for data using a process called partitioning but i would recommend just to create a folder as partitioning can have undesirable results such as data loss and issues booting your Mac hope this helps

How can I share folders between 2 User Accounts?

I have 2 accounts. One for work and one for home. The home account is the main one as I keep my work one (DJ use) very limited concerning activities running. I still need to access some folders that are on the home account (pics, music..etc.) but I see a little red negative sign (protected). I know its a simple little thing im over looking but cannot think of it.
Also, when I use fast user switching is the other account still running and using resources?
Thanks!

Log in from the home account, select the folders you're trying to access in the Finder, and change all three of the permission settings to Read & Write; if both accounts are admin accounts, you can optionally change the first two to Read & Write and the group to admin. A new group can be created in the NetInfo Manager in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder if you want another set of accounts to access the folder; to do this, duplicate an existing group, pick an unique name for the new group, and change its gid to 400 or another unique number in the 400-499 range.
The processes and applications opened under another user account continue to run when Fast User Switching is used to switch out of it.
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I would like to share some folders between accounts on the same iMac ( Lion OS X).

Several users having their own account on the same iMac, would like to share a same folder for their common work ?
How can I handle this without using an external server file ?

You can set the permissions to allow anyone to modify each file.
Select the file, press cmd-i on the keyboard, scroll down to the bottom of the dialogue and click the padlock.
Enter your admin password, then change all the permissions to allow read and write.
You could also do the same thing with the Shared folder itself which should allow everyone to modify any file placed in the folder. Select the shared folder, and repeat the procedure above. Then, next to the padlock you should see a 'cog' icon with a drop down menu. Click the menu and choose 'apply to enclosed items' and 'OK' when the warning dialogue ('Are you sure? You cannot undo this action') comes up.

Why is Admin Approval Needed to Share Folders Between 2 Standard Accounts?

Dear OS X users,
Please give this question due consideration because it's a fundamental question about the underpinnings of OS X which I've asked many people but no one seems to have a good answer. I have 3 accounts on my Mac. They are as follows:
- pete (standard account)
- wanda (standard account)
- mac admin (admin account)
It's logical that if Mac Admin creates a file/folder, he needs to set the permissions for it so that others can read/write to it. But imagine Pete and Wanda collaborate together on a project. Imagine Mac Admin creates a folder called /Swap with read-write permissions for all. Pete then creates a sub-folder without setting any particular permissions and then logs out. Then imagine Wanda logs in and wants to access the Pete's newly created folder. When doing so, an authentication prompt appears asking Wanda to enter an administrator's login details.
*Why doesn't it ask for Pete's authentication details? Why does it need an administrator's login details? Mac Admin has nothing to do with it.*
Now if you extrapolate this scenario to include a business enterprise where you may have lots of groups/teams with members all collaborating. It's ridiculous to involve an administrator for every trivial request of this kind e.g. a file permission change.
Please don't simply recommend sharing via USB or upgrading to Leopard. (I hated Leopard and 'upgraded' back to Tiger). I'm looking more for explanations than workarounds.
Thank you in advance.
MrLinguaFranca.

The short answer, of course, is that admin privileges are not needed (so long as you are the owner).
The long answer is that administrator privileges are required to change the owner of a file or folder, or to change the group of a file or folder (if you are not the owner or aren't a member of that group). To change the permissions on a file, one must be an administrator or the owner of the file.
In your scenario, Pete creates a folder, but forgets to make the folder read-write for others. Wanda is prompted for the administrator password because she doesn't have permission to access the folder until Pete says so. The default behavior on the Mac is to secure the folder.
The reason it doesn't ask for Pete's authentication details is the same as if it were Windows, Linux, Solaris, etc. Wanda is asking permission to override Pete's settings. If Pete wanted Wanda to access the file, he would have done so. So, logically, Wanda requires administrative privilege to supersede Pete's wishes. Wanda should NEVER have to be party to Pete's credentials because doing so compromises Pete's account entirely (nor the administrator's credentials -- if the folder has permissions that deny her access, she needs someone to grant the access, not someone else's credentials so that she can grant access to herself by assuming the role of the other party).
This is different from the case when you are accessing a network share. In that scenario, the connection to the remote machine does not know who's accessing the share and must require authentication to determine who it is dealing with. The correct way to implement network shares would be to have Wanda always authenticate as her self and never use the credentials of another. Once she's logged in as herself, the remote server can determine what she's permitted to access on the basis of her identity and the permissions on the files.
This is how file security works (not just OS X).

Sharing Folders Between Accounts - Advice Needed

Looking for advice. I am running 10.5.2 on a MacPro and have several people on my network logging in to a Standard User Account.
These users need to read and write files in the Documents folder but I do not want them to have the ability to delete or move to the trash.
If I create the Files and Folders in the Admin Account and then share them to the Standard Account, would this accomplish what I need to do?
I know that in any User Account you can not prohibit people from deleting (both in Admin and Standard).
Any ideas here or would we need 10.5 Server to prohibit deletion?
Thanks

You can do this by adding an ACE to your Documents folder as follows.
run this in terminal:
*chmod +a "username deny delete_child" ~/Documents*
This command will prohibit user username from deleteing anything in your Documents folder. You can use group name instead of the user name.
For example
*chmod +a "admin deny delete_child" ~/Documents*
or simply say
*chmod +a "everyone deny delete_child" ~/Documents*
which will require an admin password to delete anything from ~/Documents for everyone (including yourself).
You can make this command recursive by adding -R option:
*chmod +a -R "username deny delete_child" ~/Documents*
However, if afterwards someone creates a new directory in ~/Documents, files from that directory will be deletable unless you run the command again.
There might be an ACE which will protect all future subdirectories but I can't figure it out.

One pc, two itunes accounts, how to share ibooks between accounts

We have a single pc in our house, running windows 7. We each have our own accounts on the pc. My wife has her own itunes account and I have my own itunes account. We would like to share the iBooks between our accounts. Is this possible?? If yes, how do we do it?

I have a friend with the ipad and she would never give me it. Is it possible to tranfer the book from the ipad to my mac without deleting her other data? because when you connect a new device it asks you to delete all files.

Can you share apps between accounts when using the same PC

My wife and I have always shared my account. made it easy to purchase and share. Howeever, with iCloud etc its becoming increasingly obvious that seperate accounts might be needed.
Can you share apps you purchase through differnt accounts when your using the same computer?
I now you can with music.

Yes.
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.
You can figure out using it with another machine from that too

How do I use Dropbox to share info between accounts on Mac Mavericks?   Where is there documentation on Dropbox usage?

I'm on Mavericks 10.9.5 on a new MacBook Pro.   I'd like to pass files from one account to another but I get a message that
I lack permission to access the files from the drop box.   How do I do this?   Also where does Apple put documentation for
issues like this?
Thank you

Anyone can put something in the Drop Box folder, but only the owner of that folder can take it out. If there's a problem with that, then something has gone wrong.
The easiest way is to put the files in /Users/Shared, where anyone can access them. (Well, anyone using your computer, anyway. It is not shared over a LAN by default.)
Or use a folder on an external disk.

How do i share files between accounts

I put files on the public/drop box from my kids account but when I log into the adulyts account i cannot see them - any ideas?

put the files in <MacintoshHD>/users/shared instead.

How do i share apps between accounts?

I have installed call of duty using my Admin account and installed it in the top most 'shared' folder. I can use it with no problems at all, but my brothers account has problems with it.
1. The mouse wont work while in Call of duty.
2. It opens in a window not fullscreen (not default option).
3. His account will not create alias'
I have had problems with games before where i can use them but my brother cant. Various companies including Aspyr recommend installing games into the shared folder (even if theres only one account) to get around any permissions conflicts, but i seem to think doing this is whats causing all the problems.
Does anybody have an idea why this is happening?

Thats what I thought but Aspyr and MacSoft told me to place games in the shared folder to avoid permissions conflicts. Which sort of makes sense because the folder is called 'Shared'. But then I thought about the Apps folder and how the other account (my brother) can access everything in there without problems.
So im still not sure what function the shared folder has? From now on apps are going in the apps folder which makes more sense.

How do you share songs between accounts and different computers?

My mom and I both like a song. She bought it on iTunes and wants to give it to me to have as well but we don't know how to do that..... Any knowledge on this?

You can share an iCloud calendar with another iCloud user/ID either privately (which allows editing) or publically (which only allows viewing). This is explained here: http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a8694.

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