Brain freeze - how to have two user accounts active at once.

[Ombligo]

I know I know this, I've done it before but dang if I can recall.

After some upgrades and maintenance to the macs around the house, I hit an annoyance.

To switch from one user account to another requires closing all programs and logging off then signing in under the second account. I know that isn't right, it used not to be that way. I could just switch from my son's account into mine. He would still have his programs active and switching back meant not missing a beat.

it was an option in the task bar, now it is only in the apple pulldown menu.


What has my aged mind forgotten?

[cbelt3]

OSX, Go to the user accounts window in the system preferences, and turn the option on. Then there's an icon with the user's name in the upper right hand of the screen that lets you do that.

It does pig out on system resources.

[StingMe]

Sys Prefs --> Accounts --> Login Options --> Enable Fast User Switching

[Ombligo]

THANK YOU

I feel so stupid

[OWC Jamie]

Stop that. Everyone will get a superiority complex.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

When I saw the topic, I thought you were talking about Domo-kun getting a brain freeze from eating a Slurpee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59OhskCB4Ow

[cbelt3]

Don't feel stupid. I get "stuck" regularly and forget names, words, functions, how to do things.

Of course I have a brain injury I can blame, but my wife keeps point out "well, and he's over 50 as well".

[Ombligo]

cbelt3 wrote:
he's over 50 as well".

DING*DING*DING*

I fit that excuse (or will in two years, close enough?)

[dk62]

There used to be problems with this and custom monitor calibrations. Have they been ironed out?