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Q: hi is there a simple way of changing my desktop from 5 user's to just one but keep everyone on mac and to speed start up up thanks

i have 5 user's on my mac and start up is a bit laboured i was wondering if there's a way of transferring everyone onto one user

iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Mar 22, 2016 12:49 PM

by Eric Root,Solvedanswer
Eric Root Eric Root
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A:

How many users are loaded at startup?

 

User Account – Combine Two

 

User Account – Copy files between accounts


Startup times – speed up  

 

Startup times – speed up  (2)

 

Startup times – speed up  (3)

Posted on Mar 23, 2016 12:29 PM

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  • by Eric Root,Solvedanswer

    Eric Root Eric Root Mar 23, 2016 12:29 PM in response to pmierau
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    Mar 23, 2016 12:29 PM in response to pmierau

    How many users are loaded at startup?

     

    User Account – Combine Two

     

    User Account – Copy files between accounts


    Startup times – speed up  

     

    Startup times – speed up  (2)

     

    Startup times – speed up  (3)

  • by K Shaffer,Helpful

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Mar 23, 2016 12:32 PM in response to pmierau
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    Mar 23, 2016 12:32 PM in response to pmierau

    You may need to take a look at exactly what is loading on startup, no matter

    who the user account(s) are and avoid some of those well-known problematic

    items people mistakenly install because of an advertisement or browser popup.

     

    Avoid the items (cleanmymac mackeeper and any of those) such as appear to

    be advertised in the preceding links to advice already given. They prey on users

    who don't know how to diagnose or know better sources of advice, and can be

    more trouble on top of whatever your computer already has going on inside.

     

    The admin user of the computer should be able to perform steps to see what is

    running or available to the whole system. If you have 'automatic user switching'

    enabled, that will slow down all accounts in general as it uses System resources.

    If each user actually logs-in to use their account, be sure that none of them has

    privilege or an ability to install third-party junk-ware; or have not gotten adware

    in their browsers, among other things.

     

    Older software than isn't compatible with the present OS X and/or other apps in

    it, could slow down the computer too. A diagnostic process should be used to

    see what is really going on in the computer; and in each user account.

     

    Good luck!