Hello!
We use iMacs at the front desk of our boutique hotel. Each user has a unique OS login which they use at the beginning of their shift. The system works well generally, but each user also has unique logins to the various web apps that we use-- for example our booking calendar and Slack.
Is it possible to have the user automatically log into all of their web apps (for example, Slack) when they login to the OS?
Thanks
Steve
Yes. Go to the websites that each user uses, like on the icon in the lefthand edge ofd the URL window and drag it to the Desktop. Test it by double clicking on it to make sure the browser opens that web page.
If all is well then put the web site file with the .webloc extension in a folder and move the folder to the Documents folder.
Now go to the System/Users & Groups/Login Items preference pane for each user account and add those .webloc files into the Login Items
When the user boots up or logs in those websites will open automatically. If there are apps for those items then choose the actual apps from the Applications folder instead of the .webloc files.
I think I got a solution:
If there are more than one site to be opened set Safari's Tab preferences to this:
Next create an AppleScript like this and save as an app:
Add the app to the System/Users & Groups/Login Items preference pane and check the Hide button:
When you boot up Site 1 will be in the first tab of Safari and Site 2 in the second tab.
If you only have one site to load you can forget setting tabs to Always and only have Site 1 in the AppleScript. I just tested it and it works as advertised in Big Sur.
The reason I put the folder in the Shared folder is in case each employee had a separate user account. This makes the files accessible to all users.
Not that I know of but that doesn't mean there isn't a solution. Call Apple Support and ask to take to the Enterprise support personnel. They may have the solution you're looking for.
Yes, since you mentioned that each user actually has their own macOS login that means each user account will have its own Keychain tied to their login account so all the saved website-based app passwords will be user-specific.
If you only have a handful of staff and just a couple computers the easiest way would probably just be have all the users set up on both computers.
You could also simply get them manually set up on one computer, make a Time Machine backup from that computer, and then use Migration Assistant to import the user accounts to the second computer from that Time Machine backup.
If you were talking a lot of users and more than just the two front desk computers the heavy duty way is if you have a macOS server or an Active Directory server you could set up mobile (network-based user) accounts versus local accounts on each Mac.
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/create-and-configure-mobile-accounts-mh32157/mac
Yes, it can be done with Safari. Just made sure all users (and Macs if more than one) are signed into the same iCloud account and have Safari selected in the System/Apple ID/iCloud preference pane (for Macs);
Make sure the checkbox next to that webloc file in the Login Items pane is checked in the Hide column.
Excellent. I have this setup and it seems to be working. We'll see how it all behaves during the first shift change.
On a related note, we have two iMacs at the front desk. Ideally any staff would be able to login to any open computer. Is there any way to mirror all the settings/users so each of the 2 iMacs are identical?
We do not use anything but web apps so nothing personal (such as email) is stored locally.
Thanks
I have a parallel question that arose while setting this up...
We've been using Chrome because Google's Sync operation lets you setup (and sync across all users) the "bookmarks bar" -- where we put all of our most important links. It's convenient because anytime a book mark needs to change, I just do it on my laptop (which is also synced) and it updates everywhere. We are all logged in to a central google account belonging to the hotel.
Can something equal be setup on Safari? My feeling is that Chrome is sluggish when compared to Safari. Also, I'm not certain the formula you describe above works on Chrome?
I have a follow up question to this. The password keychain is connected to the prompt that pops up when you enter a new password and asks you if you want the system to remember it?
I'm curious if there's any other way? We really do trust our staff, but in a perfect world the passwords to our web apps would be hidden so users could not log on from places other than our main terminals. Any reliable workarounds for this?
Thanks
Thanks.
So I have two users up and running, all is working as expected, but upon Login I get a finder window that says "Confirm file to load" instead of actually loading the login items. I included a photo of the screen. When I click "open" two Safari tabs open and the content is in the background one. The foreground tab is blank.
Furthermore, One one of the Two login sites seem to be opening.
Many I'm missing a setting somewhere to make login a bit cleaner?
(forgive the quality of the photo)
Nice! I'll try this in the AM.
Will it also remember and login using their unique credentials?
Let us know how it goes so we can point to this topic if someone else has a similar situation. Good luck.
Awesome I'll try this.
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