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Just bought a Intel imac 20"
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<blockquote data-quote="Aptmunich" data-source="post: 185183" data-attributes="member: 3850"><p>Each user account will have their own photo, music and system libraries. (Meaning bookmarks, preferences, passwords etc are user specific). You can however 'share' your libraries with one another, meaning you can allow her to view your pictures and vice versa.</p><p></p><p>But applications are installed for all users, so every user can access iTunes for example, without you having to install everything twice.</p><p></p><p>If you set the second user up to be an administrator, they can also just use their password for admin-specific tasks. </p><p>There's no general admin password, your user password IS the admin password, if you are an admin. (I'm sure there's an easier way to explain it all, but I hope you know what I mean <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)</p><p></p><p>So assuming you set up the 2nd account, (and clicked on the little checkbox marked 'Allow user to administrate this computer') your wife can just pop in her own password to install things and change settings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aptmunich, post: 185183, member: 3850"] Each user account will have their own photo, music and system libraries. (Meaning bookmarks, preferences, passwords etc are user specific). You can however 'share' your libraries with one another, meaning you can allow her to view your pictures and vice versa. But applications are installed for all users, so every user can access iTunes for example, without you having to install everything twice. If you set the second user up to be an administrator, they can also just use their password for admin-specific tasks. There's no general admin password, your user password IS the admin password, if you are an admin. (I'm sure there's an easier way to explain it all, but I hope you know what I mean :)) So assuming you set up the 2nd account, (and clicked on the little checkbox marked 'Allow user to administrate this computer') your wife can just pop in her own password to install things and change settings. [/QUOTE]
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