OS X :: Duplicating Settings For New Account On Same Computer?
Mar 7, 2009
I've just set up a new account on my new macbook.
Is there a way to get all the settings, bookmarks and email accounts and mail into the new mac account. It gives you a blank computer. But I'd like to have Mail and Entourage setup the same way as the original account with all the saved emails.
And also to have all my bookmarks from Safari. And what about retrieving particular documents? Seems like there must be an easy way.
Also, is there a way to switch back and forth without having to type in the password each time?
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Jun 26, 2009
My question for the day: how to keep the setting for guest account, without download anything, & simple?
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Jun 8, 2012
Is there a way to take my iTunes account off a computer, that I dont have access to, so that I can put it on my new macbook pro? I have already had my iTUnes on 5 different computers.
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Apr 22, 2009
My question for the day: how to keep the setting for guest account, without download anything, & simple? I found this link, it's confusing, for woman [URL]
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Dec 11, 2014
Have MacPro with dual-boot. Snow Leopard, which I'm using right now, and Yosemite, which I'm setting up and trying out. Mail is a particular issue.Â
I would like to have the Yosemite mail set to "mail.comcast.net" but there is no real way to do so.Â
When I put in my e-mail address and Comcast password, it automatically sets up an imap account, which I do not want.Â
I want the system to pull ALL messages off the server when I collect my mail, and store NOTHING on the Comcast mail servers.Â
Snow Leopard does this (of course, it's a POP account I set up) but the fine Apple developers seem to think I want to 'keep my devices synchronized' so Yosemite's Mail program chooses imap for me.Â
I had the test set to pull down all the messages and it did, on the imap account, so ostensibly when I rebooted into 10.6 there should have been nothing left on the server for the mail to collect - but there's all of today's messages and the junk mail waiting to be pulled down - so obviously the IMAP isn't emptying the server when I collect mail.Â
HOW do I get Yosemite Mail to let me setup my Comcast account on the POP settings? I checked on the Advanced settings for the Internet Accounts but it makes you set up the password *first* so goes out and checks, then automatically loads the wrong account type.Â
Do I take the computer offline so it cannot automatically set itself up, then enter the account info?Â
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2x2.6Dual-Core MacPro, Radeon HD2600, 3GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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Jul 4, 2010
Is there a way to making certain settings in the guest account permanent? For example, I would like the setting where you tap the trackpad to click (tap to click) to be permanently enabled... How do I do this?
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Jun 20, 2012
I have just reloaded Lion onto my MBP. I am domain attached (Microsoft back end). I can no longer do anything with my 'Mobile Account' settings (the Settings button is greyed out). Prior to the rebuid, I had this working.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Dec 8, 2014
Stayed with 10.6.8 for years and had no issues, then started to see problems with Safari, websites not loading, email problems, updates no longer available etc etc. Â
So I used Carbon Copy Cloner to make a backup, wiped everything, then a clean install of Yosemite. All went very well indeed!Â
I have 3 accounts setup on the one iMac (2011 model i7 Quad core). 2 of these accounts work perfectly, but the thing which is driving me nuts is on the 3rd account. I set the mouse tracking speed and remove the scroll direction tick, but whenever I log out, it resets itself! Every time I log in, I have to go to System Prefs and reset it all over again!Â
The solution is to setup another account of course, and copy all files over, but I'd prefer to work through this issue to find out whats causing it if I can.Â
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Jun 29, 2009
Is there a way to making certain settings in the guest account permanent? For example, I would like the setting where you tap the trackpad to click (tap to click) to be permanently enabled. How do I do this?
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May 20, 2012
Does anyone know the "optimal" settings in Mailbox Behaviors for an imap Aol account? I realize that aol can/is funky.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Nov 20, 2010
I just got my 13" (4/128) MacBook Air yesterday, and I decided to use Migration Assistant instead of Setup Assistant - because I didn't want all of my applications to be put on the new Air.
Well, Migration Assistant screwed everything up. I ended having to reinstall iWork (it wouldn't recognize it), had to reset defaults, had to pull off a few files directly from Time Machine, etc.
Well I've got almost everything back to normal - except my Safari bookmarks!
Prior to all of this, I thought I could restore to factory settings using the little Apple stick - but even that was a hassle. It would only reinstall my OS, but it wouldn't erase and install the drive. I could get into Disk Utility, but the "Erase" button was "grayed" out...
Frustrated... if I could just get the Safari bookmarks somehow OR if someone could properly show me how to restore to factory settings (main issue is not being able to Erase and Install)...
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Mar 5, 2009
Okay, so here is how my question comes about... I have already searched and could not find links to other threads..
I bought a G4 desktop from a guy on craigslist about a week ago and I want to upgrade from 10.3.9 to the newer 10.5. He has an administrative account on the computer and whenever I try and load the 10.5, it asks for his password. I called the guy wondering what his password was and he told me. I tried entering that in and it will not work. Now the guy will not answer his phone or his e-mail address. I know he was the original owner because of the information on the computer and the name on the business card he exchanged for mine.
I would really like to upgrade my OS but I need to know how to go about reseting the computer to erase 100% of everything on the computer. Can someone please help me, I am new to Mac and I don't really know what to do!!!
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Jan 25, 2009
I'm sure there's a simple explanation for this, but my computer's been acting up recently...I've only had it for 2 months but for some reason, my shared name keeps coming up as "Austin's Mac (2)" or more recently "Austin's Mac (3)". I searched around but could not find a solution to this as it just keeps bugging me.
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Aug 15, 2009
There are 554 threads under "mailboxes." There are 1000 under "mail export." There is a simple click under "import" for a mac. All I am trying to find out is HOW do I simply take all the mailboxes and settings from an old mac and get them on the new mac. 2 hrs and counting.
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Mar 20, 2010
I was wondering if anyone knows of other ways to control the computer to preserve battery life. I'm thinking mostly about underclocking the cpu. Does anyone know if this is possible and also if this would benefit the battery life? I'm on Aluminum Macbook OS X 10.5.8.
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Jun 13, 2012
the best way to return my MacBook Pro back to it factory setting. in other words start all over.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), iOS 5.1
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Jul 3, 2012
With the original installation cd missing, how do you reset a computer (with OSX 10.5 upgraded to OSX 10.6.8) to its default settings?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Aug 26, 2014
I'm running OS X Mavericks,
I can't find out where I change the applications I had set to start automatically when you reboot the computer.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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May 12, 2009
Files on our network are duplicating themselves, not only once but multiple times. When I click on the original file, a QuarkXPress 6.5 file (we have also had this happen with Indesign CS3) the file duplicates, then opens in the native program. Our network (server) is Windows based, just switched to Leopard 10.5.6 and we are running AdmitMac v4.0. This problem started when we began using our new Leopard systems.
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May 18, 2012
I imported an album (11 songs) as I normally do and the import behaved as it was supposed to. About ten minutes later, I notice iTunes is duplicating songs that are already in my iTunes on its own! How do I prevent this from happening again and is there a way to delete the duplicates other than going through my library and deleting them one by one?Â
I caught it before it duplicated the entire library. It's bad enough that I now have to delete about 500 songs!
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iTunes 10.6, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 20, 2012
All of a sudden, iTunes is duplicating my movies. The duplicates are appearing in the same folder with the original, but with different cover art, and an "HD" symbol after the name. This is taking some serious hard drive space, which will run out before it gets very far. This is going to be a pain to fix, especially as I've chosen my cover art carefully, from old movie posters, etc. So, why is this happening, and how can I remedy it, aside from not using iTunes?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4), external WD Element 2TB HDD
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Jun 25, 2012
Snow Leopard (10.6.8) became corrupted resulting in not being able to shut down my 1/2007 Intel Core 2 Duo MacBookPro and not being able to download numerous programs and updates. I backed-up my laptop, took it into the Apple Store where they wiped the hard disc clean and reloaded the OS. They suggested I use Migration Assistant to restore my backed up information to my laptop, but ALL of my settings from Desktop, to the Dock, to Finder, to screen savers, to Safari bookmarks, to all of my Mail inboxes, archives and smart email boxes, and to Documents and all of my files and their organization, to iTunes, to Address Book, to Calendar are GONE. Do I need to do some more formal kind of a restore from my back-up drive to recover/restore this information and "get my laptop back" or is it all lost?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), see note above
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Sep 1, 2010
For some reason, when I upload pictures onto my Mac from my camera, it makes duplicates of the photo, sometimes even 2 duplicates. This is very annoying as I have to go through my library deleting the duplicates. Is this a known problem?
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Apr 26, 2012
my computer will not allow me to log out of my mail account the quit mail button is gray and i need to shut down my computer.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jan 22, 2009
i'm doing an assignment for my degree and i've drew up a table and a description of how someone partaking in a study of mine should fill in the table.
I need to duplicate this page 11 times so that I can have an individual fill the stuff in and I can print them all out.
I can't find out how to do this as the tabs involving thumbnails of the pages only allow me to copy all of that pages and not just the graph one.
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Feb 27, 2009
I am trying to duplicate calendar items while preserving their calendar settings + color, and mass move multiple events to another week without manually selecting everything by hand and manually resetting the calendar settings. How can I duplicate and move without doing everything manually?
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May 23, 2009
So I admit to fiddling around with the iPhoto folder in my Pictures section before I knew that was a bad idea. Basically I was trying to move pictures out of my iPhone library into another folder on my computer so they would be out of my iPhone library on my comp and my phone.
Anyway, now for some reason there are duplicates on my iPhone in the Photos app but not in the iPhoto app on my Mac. Any thoughts on what the hell I did?
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Mar 15, 2012
I have my iTunes folder on an external drive, and my iTunes library file was damaged. I need to import all of my media, but I don't want iTunes to make duplicates of everything.
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iMac (24-inch Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 16, 2012
What is the difference between copying and duplicating photos on a Mac. I'm trying to move them to a separate HD but only the new folder appears and I can't seem to move the photos.
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May 29, 2012
Address book is struggling to load. When I open a group, it automatically starts duplicating that group .... something is not right
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1, All contact photos are missing.
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