No. Groups are primarily for larger environments although there are some situations where one could use them in a home environment.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-09-18, at 7:42 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
