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<blockquote data-quote="NanoBite" data-source="post: 527068" data-attributes="member: 13565"><p>There's sharing and there's sharing ... do you want the other user to have full access to your library, to have the power to make changes etc? This would go for both the iTunes & iPhoto libraries ?</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93195" target="_blank"><em><strong>Sharing iTunes Library between multiple users on a single Mac</strong></em></a></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">You can listen to another users iTunes library but I'm not sure if you can make any changes to the files ....</span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304890" target="_blank"><strong><em>How to share a single iPhoto library for editing among multiple users.</em></strong></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=518217&postcount=2" target="_blank"><strong><em>How can two users share and access the same photo library?</em></strong></a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">The above links show two different ways to share an iPhoto library ...</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: green">To share files with other users on the same Mac you can use the Drop Box or Shared Folder as a means of passing on files/stuff to each other.</span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">Each account has it's own Drop Box, which is found here: <em>Macintosh HD ~> Users ~> YourUserAccount ~> Public ~> Drop Box.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">The Shared folder is found here: <em>Macintosh HD ~> Users ~> Shared</em></span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">Anything put in the Shared folder is accessible from within any account. Anything put in a users Drop Box is only accessible by that user alone. In fact when you drop a file onto the Drop Box folder you will see a message alerting you to the fact that you have no permission to view the contents of that folder.</span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">If the receiver of the file/s expects to modify the file/s in anyway then the original files Permissions will need to be changed to allow this modification.</span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">To change the permissions of a file you need to perform a "Get Info" which is done by right-clicking on the file and choosing from the contextual menu.</span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">In the "Get Info" window look right down the bottom and you will see the "Ownership & Permissions" section. Click the Details triangle to expand the section and this is where the permissions are altered to allow specific users certain access to any file.</span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green"><img src="http://myskitch.com/spawn_dooley/picture_1-20071113-220304.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">Click on the padlock to make a change and enter your Admin name + password. Click the lock again once finished to lock the prefs up tight.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NanoBite, post: 527068, member: 13565"] There's sharing and there's sharing ... do you want the other user to have full access to your library, to have the power to make changes etc? This would go for both the iTunes & iPhoto libraries ? [COLOR="red"][URL="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93195"][I][B]Sharing iTunes Library between multiple users on a single Mac[/B][/I][/URL] You can listen to another users iTunes library but I'm not sure if you can make any changes to the files ....[/COLOR] [URL="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304890"][B][I]How to share a single iPhoto library for editing among multiple users.[/I][/B][/URL] [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=518217&postcount=2"][B][I]How can two users share and access the same photo library?[/I][/B][/URL] [COLOR="Blue"]The above links show two different ways to share an iPhoto library ...[/COLOR] [COLOR="green"]To share files with other users on the same Mac you can use the Drop Box or Shared Folder as a means of passing on files/stuff to each other. Each account has it's own Drop Box, which is found here: [I]Macintosh HD ~> Users ~> YourUserAccount ~> Public ~> Drop Box.[/I] The Shared folder is found here: [I]Macintosh HD ~> Users ~> Shared[/I] Anything put in the Shared folder is accessible from within any account. Anything put in a users Drop Box is only accessible by that user alone. In fact when you drop a file onto the Drop Box folder you will see a message alerting you to the fact that you have no permission to view the contents of that folder. If the receiver of the file/s expects to modify the file/s in anyway then the original files Permissions will need to be changed to allow this modification. To change the permissions of a file you need to perform a "Get Info" which is done by right-clicking on the file and choosing from the contextual menu. In the "Get Info" window look right down the bottom and you will see the "Ownership & Permissions" section. Click the Details triangle to expand the section and this is where the permissions are altered to allow specific users certain access to any file. [img]http://myskitch.com/spawn_dooley/picture_1-20071113-220304.jpg[/img] Click on the padlock to make a change and enter your Admin name + password. Click the lock again once finished to lock the prefs up tight.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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