> > From: Al Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/11/30 Tue AM 11:40:36 CST > To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: How to Move Mail and Bookmarks from Admin to User Acc't? > > > At Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:13:33 -0800, Clark Martin wrote: > > > > At 7:59 PM -0500 11/28/04, Al Poulin wrote: > > >> Now I want to copy or move the e-mail and the Bookmarks to a new > >> user account. Is this feasible and safe? From rummaging around, it > >> appears to be a simple procedure to drag and drop what I want from > >> the Admin account to the new user account. > > > > First question, do you really need to move these to a user account? > > You could create a new admin user and then change this user to a > > non-admin account and just use it as a user. > > Clark, thank you for showing me this alternative, very appealing. I've > looked in David Pogue's Missing Manual book and see how I can do that. > The only wrinkle is that the "short" name of the Admin account does not > match the intended "user" which I want to be a joint thing between me > and my wife. It seems that I can create the new Admin account, also a > new user account with the short name that works for us. But then can I > kill/delete the original Admin account? > > > >> For e-mail, I could move or copy either the entire Mail folder or > >> its individual contents. The first alternative would be: > >> > >> Log in as Admin, use Finder's Icon View: > >> Go to /Admin User's Home/Library/Mail , duplicate the > >> contents of the Mail folder. > > > > Do an option-Drag of the Mail folder icon to the Drop box and drop it > > on the drop box. This will eliminate the copy step and the copy > > suffix. > > So, will option-Drag take the Mail folder "out" of the Admin account? > > And will the Mail folder actually remain in its present location(s) on > the hard drive? That is, there is not a new copy. > > I am in digest mode on this list, hence the slow response. I held off > coming to this list for my original post this subject because I missed > getting a bunch of digests amidst a bunch of bounces. I hope we get a > complete cycle again.
There is a utility out there that edits short user names. I'm away from my Mac right now,so I cannot tell you its name (I think it's reall obvious like "short name editor" or something like that) but I know I have it. Probably find it at versiontracker.com or macupdate.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
