OS X :: How Does Fast User Switching Work
Feb 1, 2010
I have a quick question on how "Fast User Switching" is implemented in OS X. I have added an account in OS X yesterday for my wife, and I have enabled fast user switching.Now, what I wonder:- Do my downloads continue when my wife switches to her account? Example: Transmission (bittorrent), will it continue with uploading/downloading when my wife switched to her account?
- Do my applications continue to run when my wife switches to her account? Example: Handbrake (converting a movie). Will it continue with converting while my wife switched to her account?
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Nov 27, 2009
Is there anyway to logout a user whos logged in through fast user switching.Mrs has used the pc and left herself logged in so its running slow and annoying me, but I dont know her password.I thought maybe kill the loginwindow process but thats shown as under my account (which is also logged in)
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Nov 23, 2010
I'm using a 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro running the latest version of SL. I periodically like to step away from my desk, so I'll click on my name in my Mac's menu bar to initialize 'fast user-switching', so that no one could use my computer without entering a password (similar to "lock" in Windows XP+). When I log back in however, I find that the desktop background that I had set was automatically changed to the default SL background. Could any of ya'll provide an explanation as to why this happens?
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Jul 1, 2008
Ever since "upgrading" to 10.5.4 yesterday, fast user switching has been having problems. Randomly, when I change to another account (all are password protected), it will just instantly log me out, without even trying to close apps etc. - it literally takes it a second to log out, then I have to go back in and log in from scratch.
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Jan 10, 2009
is it possible to enable fast user switching without having to enter a password?
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May 16, 2010
When I'm logged in as root I notice the fast user switching menu doesn't display the short or full name, just a blank space. In my regular account, it does. Is this normal?
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Jan 28, 2009
I used FUS years ago, but I can't get it to work now. I clicked Login Options in the Accounts preferences pane, and checked Use Fast User Switching. But when I log off any user, it closes all the applications and actually logs out. And when I switch back to any user, it loads all the apps from scratch and starts them up again. And when I log out as user X and log in as user Y, if I execute who, I see indeed that user X is not logged in
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Jan 26, 2007
I was switching between accounts. When I switched to my admin account, the computer went to the original welcome to your new mac set up video with all the welcome words in different languages, then started with the new mac set up stuff, ie, what's your name, etc. I tried apple Q but that didn't work, so I restarted the computer with control, apple, start. Now my computer just shows the white screen with apple and the round spinning circle.
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Nov 30, 2014
After upgrading to Yosemite, I had very serious problems with fast user switching. I do software development using my BackBook Pro, I need to switch between different accounts for testing/debugging purposes.
As long as I use fast switching, I will eventually have a system hang when logging out, login or shutting down. I either got blank screens, or dead login screen. In the end, I had to press the power button for 3 seconds to do a brute cold power off.
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MacBook Pro
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Aug 14, 2009
When the MBPs came out with the dual graphics cards, people believed that they would be able to fast-switch between then. However, this is not the case; a logout-login is required to switch between the 9400M and 9600M GT on the MBPs. It was thought with the release of Snow Leopard this would be fixed.
So, has it been? will it be? Any word on using both graphics cards at the same time to boost performance?
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May 16, 2009
I was watching WWDC 2003(panther intro) this morning, and I only just learned about Fast Account Switching from it. So, right after watching, I went to system preferences and enabled fast switching. However, right after I did this, my iMac made an unusually loud whir, which I assumed was the hard drive loading some files, although I have never heard it do this before. After about a minute of hearing this, I assumed that something was wrong, and I quit all applications other than system preferences, and when it didn't stop, I disabled Fast Switch. The iMac quickly quieted down. After thinking about it, I realized that I only had 1GB of RAM in the machine, which may cause the system to use virtual memory. Would having 2GB or even 4GB make this not happen, or would I need more than that? I never have noticed the iMac lagging in other areas, but would RAM help in general tasks too?
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Jun 12, 2012
I have two users on my mac mini running OS X 10.7.4, both are administrators. When I click on my username in the upper right hand corner of the screen and select the second user, I can type in the password and "rotate" on over to the other user. However, from the second user account when I try and go back to the first user via the same process, no prompt appears when clicking on the user name from the drop down in the top right of the screen.
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Mac mini (Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 19, 2012
I'm trying to switch from english to greek pressing alt-cmd (which worked so far), but for some reason it doesn't work. What has gone wrong? Have I pressed something on the keyboard that has probably locked that change? I'm desperate to have an answer as I need it as soon as possible.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 6, 2012
how do i get my apple email to work after switching to icloud?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 3, 2012
I've recently switched to Lion and my mail won't work, any suggestions? I've tried deleting SmartMailboxes and this didn't work for me.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
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Mar 19, 2009
Can the Mac mini with 4GB of RAM run VMFusion 2.02 with Windows XP Home properly without any problems? Is 2.0GHz fast enough, or even 2.26GHz fast enough for VMFusion? Does the Mac mini have enough horse power to run Windows XP?
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Jun 9, 2009
My company uses a Exchange service called [URL]. I successfully installed this service on Entourage and Postbox, but there is no WAY I can make this work in Mail. I copy the exact same configuration of my co-workers and this Mail app does not stop complaining about my "wrong" SMTP password. Saying the server rejected. I literally copied every single configuration from other people using Mail and it doesn't work. Then, I decided to try using the Guest account on my mac. It WORKED! So, I figure there must be something crazy with my account, some permission thing, I don't know. I tried deleting all the references to SMTP on my KeyChain, didn't fix it. Tried deleting the Libray/Mail folder, didn't work.
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Feb 18, 2012
When I open Safari no page opens - I am the administrator. The pull down commands are at the top, but most of them are in gray and don't work, even the quit command. Safari appears to work fine when I log in as a different user. I have done a disk repair and verify and have had no luck. I also downloaded OnyX and did a system clean - still no change. One of the other Apple groups said to empty my cache and last few internet plug ins. None of this has worked. I would like to continue using Safari as I am very comfortable with it.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Apr 28, 2012
I recently downloaded some Ensenasoft games on to my mac but on the root user they just jump on the dock a few times then just close. But on my normal user they work why is this?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jan 9, 2010
When returning to my login account (admin) after using "quick user account change" I am not able to use the Shift key to enter uppercase letters in my password. I must use Caps Lock to enter them (nothing happens if I type while holding the Shift key).
At all other times the shift work just fine.
This seems really strange.
Note: This is not a sticky key issue (brand new iMac).
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Jun 19, 2012
6/20/12 12:41:28.575 AM org.apache.httpd: Syntax error on line 1 of /private/etc/apache2/users/Nbulkz.conf:
6/20/12 12:41:28.575 AM org.apache.httpd: Invalid command 'Nbulkz/Sites/"', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
The error message above is the one I see in console. I cannot turn on websharing on my osx 10.7 macbook pro. I was able to at one point but my computer froze and upon restart I was not able to access my localhost/~Nbulkz personal webpage. For awhile I was able to turn websharing on and off, but I was not able to access my personal webpage and was given the Error Forbidden 403.
I then turned it off and restarted but now it won't even turn on in the User Interface "Sharing" in system preferences. I see there is a syntax error in the .conf file but I used an Apple Support procedure that had me write that same .conf file so I'm confused about what to try next. I've been using apache 2.2.1, php v. 5.4 and mysql along with php_myadmin. I've already rewrote disk utility permissions.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Feb 15, 2012
have tried everything on here but can not get automatic login to work just say you did not enter the correct password for the user account?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Sep 8, 2014
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B27
SMC Version (system): 1.69f4
OS X 10.6.8
So a week ago I opened Photoshop and my macbook froze and gave me this screen:
I had to force it to shut down, and when I turned it back on, I'd get the chime, I'd see the logo and the spinning cog, then it would go to a white screen and either stall or shut itself off... I tried resetting the PRAM and SMC. I went into Disk Utility and verified the disk and the permissions. I also reset Photoshop's preferences, and completely reinstalled it. Booting in safe mode worked, but of course it's a little slow and I can't use some programs. I was able to start up normally by booting in single user mode and running the /sbin/fsck -fy command a couple times.
I ended up taking it to a Genius Bar, they ran a couple diagnostic tests and confirmed it wasn't a hardware issue and it was probably the OS. They reinstalled Snow Leopard, I restored my stuff with my Time Machine backup, and everything worked fine for a couple days.
But today when I turned it on, it shut itself down again! And running single user mode doesn't work anymore. It'll say "The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK." and when I reboot, it shuts down at the white screen. Now the only way it will boot up is in safe mode, and if I close the lid to put it in sleep mode, it'll turn itself off after a few minutes.
I'm not incredibly tech savvy, but I'm wondering if it could be a third party program. I'm not sure how to find out which one is causing the issue, though... I've uninstalled SMCfanControl and StartupSound.prefpane. Those are the only two I can think of that could potentially mess with the startup...
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jan 12, 2010
How can i transfer eveyhing exactly as is it from main admin user to another admin user and then delete the main admin user...???
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Jan 12, 2010
+can You Guys Pls Explain Me... How Can I Transfer Eveyhing Exactly As Is It From Main Admin User To Another Admin User And Then Delete The Main Admin User...???
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Sep 3, 2009
I have tried very hard to find the answer to my transferring question, but nowhere do I find my answer nor does Apple offer free help or even help by email.
So here is my issue. I want to transfer all my personal data from my HOME user account on my MacBook to a NEW user account on the SAME MacBook. The reason is that my Microsoft Office has a certain issue that is only solvable by starting up in a new user. So now I want to transfer all the personality, data, files, and all that from my home user to the new user on the same computer. After that, I want to delete the old Home user and make the new user the default home user account.
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Feb 8, 2012
My screen appears discolored and distorted on one user and fine on another user.
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Jun 28, 2014
Just got a new MacBook Pro, wanted to transfer my data from the old (2010) MBP. I've done this dozens of times before, but always manually, via Finder copies from external hard disks, etc. This time I decided to try the Official Method, using Migration Assistant. After numerous tries, I couldn't get Migration Assistant to work between the two MacBook Pros (both running 10.9.3), even with Apple's assistance. So I decided to try it with a MacBook running 10.6.8. It worked (though poorly; Migration Assistance needs some serious repair), which was useful (now I know that Migration Assistant works, and it's not a problem with the cabling I was using, but something in the old MBP). But now I have two user accounts on my new MacBook Pro, which I don't want, plus the added account has now been made the primary account, with (some) data from the previously primary account moved to it.
So I want to delete the new, added, now primary user and return the MBP to its former, pristine state. So I have to go through all the data (fortunately there isn't much; both the new MBP and the MacBook were only recently set up) that's been moved from the original account to the added account, move it back to the original account, then delete the added account (if I can). This was somewhat complicated by the fact that the ~/Library folder is now invisible by default, but I figured that out. However, what I'm wondering now is, when the second, added account was made the primary account, did it assume all attributes of the former primary account, including its number? I know that user accounts in Mac OS have numbers, like 501, 502, etc.
How can I see the numbers of these two accounts? And if the added account is now number 501, when I delete it, how I can I restore the number 501 to the original account? Or perhaps I should just return the new MBP to its factory state, and start over? But I can't, since it didn't come with any Install DVDs (nor indeed, with an optical drive). (I've been out of touch with the Mac world for several years due to illness, am only now learning about the changes since 10.6, which I'd been using until less than a week ago.) I can wipe the MacBook Pro and reinstall 10.9.3, but that might lose some information specific to this computer that came with it.
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Apr 15, 2008
I lost the install disk for my computer (Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger), and need to change my password (I forgot it ). I can only access single user mode. Is there any way that I can create an Administrator-Status user in Single User Mode? (NOTE: The "root" user isn't really an option since I enabled it a while ago and it has the same password as my current user, which I forgot...).
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Jun 2, 2014
every time i enable Guest user.
it displays as other user and asks for a user name and password
how can i make back in to default.. but with out making it a main user!
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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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