Thanks. So what is a group then? I will have three accounts on this machine, all admins, but that's it. Do I even need to worry about groups with such a small setup? On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > You set up the user accounts in system Prefs in the Users & Groups pane. YOu > will need to unlock the lock so that you are allowed to create users. Once > unlocked, press the "Add User or Group" button. There will be a pop-up for > deciding whether the user is an Admin, Standard or other type as wel as > fields for the user's name, short name and password. When you fill in the > user's name then tab to the Short name, the Short name will be filled in > automatically. You can change it if you wish but I'd just leave it alone. > The rest is fairly straight forward. If you use Snow Leopard instead of > Lion, the pane is called Accounts instead of Users & Groups. > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-09-17, at 9:24 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Today in the mail we got a 2007 Mac Mini from a friend of mine who graduated >> to a Macbook Air and had no use for his old machine. It runs, but I'll need >> to re-install Lion (that's another post). My question is this: we plan to >> use this as a family machine hooked up to the big screen in the living room, >> but all three of us have our own apple accounts. I'd like to set things up >> so that we each have a user account and can log into our apple ids without >> conflicting with each other. Two questions rise from this: >> 1. How would I do it? I assume it is accessible, but is there anything I >> should know about? >> 2. How can I make us all admins? I'm the only one who would do actual tech >> support on the mac, but I don't want to get calls about how someone can't do >> something because of lack of privileges. >> Thanks for any suggestions on this. I can't remember the last time we had >> multiple accounts - everyone has their own computers nowadays - and I am the >> only one in the house with mac experience, so this will be a first for >> everyone else. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
