Use multiple iTunes libraries via fast user switching
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iTunes 4.5, Fast User Switching and
AppleScript
iTunes 4.5, Fast User Switching and
AppleScript
05/21/2004 10:05 AMI use iTunes on my desktop computer but spend most of my time working
on my PowerBook. I have a couple of scripts on my PowerBook to pause
and play iTunes on the desktop machine. Now that iTunes 4.5 will still
play while swit...
iTunes 4.5 plays nice with Fast User
Switching
iTunes 4.5 plays nice with Fast User
Switching
04/30/2004 12:17 PMThis is a bit of an "un-hint." There have been many hints here on
using iTunes with Fast User Switching. In versions of iTunes before
4.5, you could only run one instance of iTunes on a given machine, so
some hints involved...
10.3: Kill another user logged in under
Fast User Switching
10.3: Kill another user logged in under
Fast User Switching
12/02/2003 12:38 AMFast User Switching has been a popular Panther feature in my lab where
several students share one computer. However, ocassionally a user
forgets to log out, and I (logged in as Administrator) have not
figured out how to log t...
10.3: X11 and fast user switching
10.3: X11 and fast user switching
11/18/2003 01:59 PMI think I read somewhere that X11 could work for only one logged-in
user. Actually, when fast user switching, several people can have
access to X11. The first one gets display 0 (the default), the second
one gets display one ...
Mac OS X enable fast user switching
Mac OS X enable fast user switching
09/23/2004 03:00 AMTech-Recipes Sep 23 2004 5:47AM GMT
FUS++ Enhances Fast User Switching
FUS++ Enhances Fast User Switching
11/17/2003 08:55 PMFUS++ is a free
open source utility that enhances Panther's Fast User Switching
feature.
10.3: Use fast user switching from the
Terminal
10.3: Use fast user switching from the
Terminal
11/07/2003 11:03 AMFor those who love Panther's Fast User Switching but don't like the
menulet in the upper-right corner, here's a shell script to do it.
#!/bin/sh
if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
# robg note: Please enter the next two lines as on...
Fast User Switching Makes Room for
Others
Fast User Switching Makes Room for
Others
05/27/2004 01:47 AMQuestion: What is fast user switching?
WinSwitch 2.0 enhances makes Fast User
Switching
WinSwitch 2.0 enhances makes Fast User
Switching
09/07/2004 06:39 AMWincent Colaiuta has announced WinSwitch 2.0, the latest release of
the popular replacement for Apple's Fast User Switching menu...
Auto-timeout to the fast user switching
window
Auto-timeout to the fast user switching
window
03/08/2004 11:18 PMWhile this is far from an original hint on my part, it does pull
together several good things into one bucket and provides an elegant
solution to address multi-user system screen savers and security.
So what I wanted to do w...
10.3 Fast user switching and Logitech
Control Center 1.1.1
10.3 Fast user switching and Logitech
Control Center 1.1.1
11/16/2003 02:30 AMI found that when using Logitech control center 1.1.1 with their
Optical Wheel mouse that my configured "command-click" for
the wheel button was not working. Since I use this to open links in a
new tab in Mozilla, ...
Use Fast User Switching to simulate
virtual desktops
Use Fast User Switching to simulate
virtual desktops
02/17/2004 11:49 AMFor those people using Panther who have wished for virtual desktops, I
recently had a "Duh!" moment. I had set up accounts for my wife and
three children on our 17" iMac, and was marvelling at the Fast User
Switching feature ...
10.3: Reclaim CPU cycles lost via fast
user switching
10.3: Reclaim CPU cycles lost via fast
user switching
01/06/2004 10:36 AMRecently, I discovered that my iBook had its CPU pegged even though I
was only using Safari and a few other small apps. Turns out another
user left Microsoft Word running in her account (via fast user
switching), and that wa...
Fast user switching may disable some
print jobs
Fast user switching may disable some
print jobs
01/19/2004 11:43 AMToday I was trying to print a image from iPhoto on 4x6 glossy paper
using a HP PSC 750 All In One. My dad (admin) had been logged on and
every time I tried to print, it sent him an error message even though
I was logged in (I...
10.3: Palm Pilot hot sync works with
fast user switching
10.3: Palm Pilot hot sync works with
fast user switching
10/31/2003 10:36 AMI turned on fast user switching (which I am very excited about). Just
after switching to the login screen, without thinking, I hit the Hot
Sync button on my Palm Pilot stand. To my surprise, it synced to the
logged-in accoun...
Run applications as another user without
switching
Run applications as another user without
switching
05/21/2004 10:05 AMThis is regurgitating a hint I got from the comments section of
another hint about Apache (I think). What this does is allow you to
keep a program within the constraints of another user, without having
that user logged in via...
Protect iPhoto originals via sharing and
user switching
Protect iPhoto originals via sharing and
user switching
07/02/2004 11:21 AMOne drawback for me with iPhoto is cropping. I would create an album
for getting 4x6 prints, crop all the photos, export and send to photo
lab. However, all those photos would be cropped in the main library
and unless you use...
An easy way to access multiple iPhoto5
libraries
An easy way to access multiple iPhoto5
libraries
03/17/2005 02:55 AMI stumbled across this in the help file, but couldn't find a reference
to it anywhere on OS X hints.
If you launch iPhoto 5 and hold the Option key, iPhoto will ask you
which library you would like to open. iPhoto remembers ...
Notes and Tips: iTunes Libraries
Notes and Tips: iTunes Libraries
03/08/2004 11:09 PMAn Apple article attempts to explain iTunes libraries.
Use two iTunes libraries and one Music
folder
Use two iTunes libraries and one Music
folder
03/25/2005 11:25 AMSuppose you are in a household with two Macs. Each person has a copy
of iTunes installed. They both want access to the same music
directory, but they both want it to be part of their own library.
iTunes already makes it easy...
Dear Apple, Please Make Automatic Source
Switching an Option in iTunes
Dear Apple, Please Make Automatic Source
Switching an Option in iTunes
02/02/2004 04:14 AMDear Apple, iTunes is indeed the best digital jukebox on the planet.
However, I have one small request: please make... (312 words)
Share iTunes libraries with older Macs
Share iTunes libraries with older Macs
05/25/2004 10:14 AMiTunes is the best jukebox on the market, but I have always bemoaned
its support for legacy hardware. Each of my three daughters has a
PowerMac 5500 running OS 8.6 (the last OS to properly support their TV
Tuner cards). I h...
App lets you create Web catalog of
iTunes libraries
App lets you create Web catalog of
iTunes libraries
11/03/2003 11:13 AMKavaSoft has announced
iTunes Catalog
1.0, a US$10, Mac OS X compatible application for creating Web
catalogs of your iTunes music library.
Fast User Switch from AppleScript
Fast User Switch from AppleScript
11/10/2003 11:38 PMHere's an AppleScript to switch users, inspired by
this item at MacOSXHints.com.
Quickeys and Fast User Switiching
Quickeys and Fast User Switiching
04/20/2004 11:12 AMI was using a Classic filemaker application that required a lot of
tedious mouse clicks, so decided to automate this using QuicKeys X2.
After much configuration I got the macro to work. Unfortunately this
long running macro h...
10.3: How to restore the fast user
switch cube effect
10.3: How to restore the fast user
switch cube effect
02/19/2004 11:38 AMI couldn't imagine how it would be deactivated, but I found out: if
you and the user you're switching to have different screen
resolutions, depths or refresh rates, your fast user switching
transition will be like a resolutio...
Drive Vaccine keeps multiple-user
machines clean
Drive Vaccine keeps multiple-user
machines clean
08/19/2004 05:16 PMHorizon DataSys Inc. announced on Tuesday the release of
Drive Vaccine,
a cross-platform solution that provides security for PCs and Macs in
hybrid environments. The company is targeting schools, libraries,
government agencies and other organizations that employ mixed networks
with multiple users for each machine. Drive Vaccine creates a
write-protected area in the hard drive on each client computer and
makes all changes, from deleting files to installing software, in a
separate area, allowing the user to roll back the operating system
upon restart and leave it the way it was for the next person. Each
end-user license is US$39, with volume and educational discounts
available. Drive Vaccine runs on Mac OS X, although Horizon DataSys
does not note the minimum version required on its Web site.
CORE-2003-03-04-01: Multiple
vulnerabilities in Ximian 's Evolution
Mail User Agent
CORE-2003-03-04-01: Multiple
vulnerabilities in Ximian 's Evolution
Mail User Agent
03/19/2003 10:25 PMCORE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES ADVISORIES (Mar 19 2003)
Vulns: Multiple Vendor Internet Browser
User Action Prediction/Interception
Weakness
Vulns: Multiple Vendor Internet Browser
User Action Prediction/Interception
Weakness
08/08/2004 02:07 PMSecurityFocus Aug 8 2004 5:19PM GMT
Delete artwork from multiple songs in
iTunes
Delete artwork from multiple songs in
iTunes
06/29/2004 08:58 AMThe old way of removing cover art in iTunes was to scale down to a
lower MP3 tag, or individually edit Get Info boxes. Today I found out
through trial and error that when selecting multiple songs, opening
Get Info, and unchec...
Buy multiple tracks via mixes at the
iTunes store
Buy multiple tracks via mixes at the
iTunes store
09/08/2004 10:57 AMI was recently making a list of all the songs that I wanted to buy
from the iTunes Music Store, as I had received a gift certificate for
my birthday. While doing this, I noticed something that may be useful.
If you were to m...
Stream iTunes to multiple Airport
Express units
Stream iTunes to multiple Airport
Express units
08/17/2004 10:58 AMI came up with a novel way to get around the single-stream limitation
of AirTunes, with a little help from Nicecast. I tried it with the
two Airport Expresses (AXs) I have and it worked pretty well, although
I got occasional...
Easily combine multiple disc albums in
iTunes
Easily combine multiple disc albums in
iTunes
06/30/2004 11:32 AMWhen selecting albums to play, especially on the iPod, where you can
only select one thing to play, listening to albums with multiple discs
becomes a nuisance - if not an impossibility. Now, combining discs by
hand can be te...
Share an iTunes library among multiple
users (revisited)
Share an iTunes library among multiple
users (revisited)
02/16/2004 11:55 AMI wrote a step by step guide that will allow you to painlessly share
one iTunes Music library among several users on one machine. This even
works with fast user switching under Panther, such that the currently
active user wil...
iTunes User Sues Apple Over DRM
iTunes User Sues Apple Over DRM
01/06/2005 09:19 AMReuters is reporting that an angry
iTunes customer is suing Apple, claiming that he is forced to buy an
iPod if he wants to listen to his music on the move. Thomas Slattery,
from California, filed the lawsuit for unspecified damages over the
inclusion of Apple's "
Fairplay" Digital Rights Management system in
tracks bought over iTunes. "Fairplay" encodes files in the
AAC format, and downloaded songs cannot be transferred to MP3 players
- except Apple's own iPod.
The suit alleges Apple has broken anti-trust laws by only allowing its
songs to be played on its own player. The majority of MP3 players
support rival Microsoft's WMA format which also has DRM. The WMA
standard is also used by most online music stores, including
Napster. Apple is
believed to hold as much as 87% of the digital music player market,
with more than six million iPods now sold.
It alleges that "Apple has turned an open and interactive
standard into an artifice that prevents consumers from using the
portable hard drive digital music player of their choice, even where
players exist that would otherwise be able to play these music files
absent Apple's actions". Mr Slattery described himself as an
iTunes customer who "was also forced to purchase an Apple
iPod" if he wanted to take the music he had bought with him.
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iTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM
01/06/2005 08:02 PMThomas William Slattery has filed a class action suit against Apple
Computer Inc. in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California, alleging Apple is guilt of violating federal antitrust
laws and California's unfair competition law by requiring users who
buy music from the iTunes Music Store to use an iPod if they plan to
take their music on the road with them. Slattery's suit cuts to the
heart of an ongoing issue related to Digital Rights Management (DRM)
technology present in commercial downloaded music.
Apple gets iTunes user interface patent
Apple gets iTunes user interface patent
05/12/2004 02:52 AMApple Computer Inc. has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark office for the iTunes interface. It's the latest in a series
of patents Apple has applied for specific to its music software
technology, according to
Cnet. Apple
has previously been awarded patents for other parts of iTunes,
including the ability to stream songs over a network to another copy
of the program.
ITunes user sues Apple over iPod
ITunes user sues Apple over iPod
01/06/2005 06:54 AMA user of Apple's iTunes services sues the firm saying it is unfair
that he can only use an iPod to play songs.
iTunes User Sues Apple Over Lock-In
iTunes User Sues Apple Over Lock-In
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