TAILIEUCHUNG - Fast User Switching

. Fast User Switching The account system described so far in this chapter has its charms. It keeps everyone's stuff separate | . Fast User Switching The account system described so far in this chapter has its charms. It keeps everyone s stuff separate it keeps your files safe and it lets you have the desktop picture of your choice. Unfortunately it can go from handy to hassle in one split second. That s when you re logged in and somebody else wants to duck in just for a second to check email or a calendar for example. What are you supposed to do log out completely closing all your documents and quitting all your programs just so the interloper can look something up Then afterward you d have to log back in and fire up all your stuff again praying that your inspirational muse hasn t fled in the meantime. Fortunately that s all over now. Fast User Switching a feature modeled on a similar Windows feature which itself was modeled on a Unix feature lets Person B log in and use the Mac for a little while. All of your stuff Person A simply slides into the background still open the way you had it see Figure 12-14. When Person B is finished working you can bring your whole work environment back to the screen without having to reopen anything. All your windows and programs are still open just as you left them. To turn on this feature open the Accounts panel of System Preferences and click the if necessary to unlock the panel . Click Login Options and turn on Enable fast user switching. You can see this dialog box in Figure 12-12. The only change you notice immediately is the appearance of your own account name in the upper-right corner of the screen Figure 12-14 top . You can change what this menu looks like by using the View as pop-up menu also shown in Figure 12-12. That s all there is to it. Next time you need a fellow account holder to relinquish control so that you can duck in to do a little work just choose your name from the Accounts menu. Type your password if one is required and feel guiltless about the interruption. And now the finer points of Fast User Switching Depending on how many .

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