OS X :: Fast User Switching Without Password?
Jan 10, 2009is it possible to enable fast user switching without having to enter a password?
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OS X :: Logging Out User Whos Logged In Through Fast User Switching
Nov 27, 2009Is 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, 2010I'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, 2008Ever 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.
View 3 Replies View RelatedOS X :: How Does Fast User Switching Work
Feb 1, 2010I 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?
OS X :: Fast Switching Menu Does Not Display User Name
May 16, 2010When 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?
View 2 Replies View RelatedSoftware :: Fast User Switching Has No Effect?
Jan 28, 2009I 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, 2007I 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, 2014After 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
Mac Mini :: Clicking On User Does Not Bring Up Password Prompt In Fast Switch
Jun 12, 2012I 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)
OS X :: Fast GPU Switching In SL?
Aug 14, 2009When 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?
IMac :: Making Loud Whir When Fast Switching Enabled
May 16, 2009I 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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May 11, 2009I'm working on a Mac-mini running OS X Tiger. I've got one admin account setup and 5 or so standard accounts. I'm configuring a connection to a shared folder on a network server on the standard accounts and I wanted to connect to that share using an account id that is DIFFERENT than the standard account id. I enter that id and the correct password and I check "save password in keychain" (or whatever that check box says) and I get prompted to enter the "keychain password" to unlock the keychain. The problem is, I never setup a keychain password for the standard user account. I'v tried the password for the administrator account (even though I can't specify the admin id anywhere) and I've tried the password for the standard user account, neither of which work.
However, I can still get successfully connected to the shared folder. I just don't want the user to have to enter the password each time they login.
Additionally, after going through this, Safari is now asking for a keychain password for the "login" keychain when it first starts up and loads the default Apple.com home page.
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Preview Asking For User Password On PDF File, There Is No Password
Apr 25, 2012Preview asking for user password on PDF file. There is no password.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: What's The Migrated User's Password If No PC Password Was Used
Mar 24, 2012What's the migrated user's password if no PC password was used?
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iMac, Migration
OS X :: Set New User Name And Password?
Sep 3, 2009I just purchased a used Mac Mini on ebay. I would like to download software but asks for user name and password. How do I set new user name and password? I have original OS X install disks.
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Sep 3, 2009I purchased a used 1.42 GHz G4 Mac Mini, with OS X 10.4 installed. It came with the system disks. My problem seems to be with the password and user name when trying to download software.
Is there a way to reset the user name and password?
give very specific directions, as I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to Macs.
OS X :: Lost User Password For Mac
Sep 21, 2009I put my mac mini away a couple years ago, and i decided to bring it back out to use and i can't remember the password on it. any idea how to reset it? or any way to format without the password?
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Mar 19, 2009Can 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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Nov 25, 2009Mounted to drive, booted into single user mode, yet trying to reset the admin password with "passwd" gives me a "cannot create session" error. Has anybody seen this before?
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Mar 26, 2010ichat - when i open the drop down menu to become available i put my user name and password in but it doesnt recognise it. Do i need an aol email account to use this? Can i delete my account and start again? If so, how?
View 3 Replies View RelatedOS X :: Changing User Directory Name And Password
Aug 13, 2010I just got a new mac and when I was setting it up, I miss typed my username (well to be honest, this is not my mac, its a friends and I am setting it up! So I missed type their username). I changed the username of the account from the control panel. I now want to change the user directory name. Can I just change it like any other directory? And finally, when u want to install something the security warning that comes up and asks for your password, also has the name miss typed. So how do I also change that?
View 2 Replies View RelatedIntel Mac :: OS X 10.7.3 - How To View User Password
Mar 10, 2012I need to be able to view the admin password on my 10.7 iMac, I already know how to reset but I don't know how to just view it without changing it! In single user mode.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
How To Get Into IMac W/o A User Namer Or Password
Mar 31, 2012How do I get into an iMac w/o a user namer or pw ?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Intel Mac :: One Password And User Name For All Applications?
May 2, 2012How do I set one user name and one password for all applications I use on any MAC program?
Also, somehow, I have erased (?) or eliminated iphoto and imovie from access.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.0.x), On my desktop it just says MAC OS X
OS X V10.3 :: Can't Remember User Name And Password For Macbook
May 13, 2012I can not remember the user name and password for my macbook so I can not download any updates, etc.
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iPod classic, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
OS X V10.5 Leopard :: It Does Not Recognize User Name And Password
Jun 5, 2012I can't e-mail a picture from iphoto because a message comes on the screen and says it does not recognize my user name and password. How do you correct this?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Forgotten Password On Second User On 10.7.4?
Jun 10, 2012I had an older 2008 mac running on leoperd so I made a backup as a second user account using time machine to the macbook pro i just bout running on 10.7.4 now it wont lamme use the same password I had on my old mac to acccess the account how do I reset the password without loosing data almost my whole life store is in there I have all the cd's
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook :: How To Reset User Password
Jun 10, 2012how to restore my mac book to factory with no disk
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Jun 10, 2012How can I find my user password?
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