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iPad Wishlist: Separate user accounts

by Erica Sadun (May 7th, 2010)

We have a huge iPad problem in my household, and it looks like we are not alone. The problem is, we only have one. Just one iPad and a handful of rapacious gadget-loving geeks. While the iPad offers the same physical hardware for each user, we would all benefit from some system of user accounts, ...

Mac 101: Disabling automatic login

by Cory Bohon (Jul 29th, 2008)

If you use your Mac as a public computer (or family computer), then you might not always want it to load your user account when the computer starts up. By changing one option in the Accounts System Preference pane, you can have your Mac display a list of user accounts upon startup. Just open System ...