10.6.8 and User Switching Display Issues

Hi,

Installed latest update 10.6.8 but now when switching from one user account to another (have 2 admin users setup) , instead of the graphic desktop rotate between user desktops, it instantly shows the desktop you selected (with all apps/windows open), screen fades in blue and then fades back to the desktop that it showed you. I haven't changed a thing apart the install.

Anyone else encountering this and how do I fix it..I do like the speed, but the blue flash is irritating to say the least. Only issue I have.

Any thoughts? Help!

Cheers.... 🙂

Running iMac 2009 i5, upgraded from 10.6.7

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Jun 24, 2011 9:48 AM

37 replies

Chachi

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Jun 28, 2011 6:03 AM in response to Király

So very true!!! Great advise to follow always!!

Chachi

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Jun 28, 2011 6:05 AM in response to Cbody

You're very welcome! Glad to see this issue is getting cleared up for everyone!

Chachi

Level 4

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Jun 28, 2011 6:10 AM in response to Bennybeanbag

From what I've found while messing around, having any one of these files will create a problem. If an individual user account has the file in their Preferences, the cube effect will not work when logging into that account. If the root Preference file is there, everyone's effected. YMMV

Glad to hear you got things sorted! 😎

Angelray Author

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Jun 28, 2011 9:16 AM in response to Bennybeanbag

No problem, glad your sorted 🙂

Jul 3, 2011 7:11 PM in response to Angelray

I also deleted the plist file suggested by Chachi and now it works the way it used to. Thanks very much.

Aug 17, 2011 2:03 AM in response to chuker123

I know this issue has been resolved but just to help anyone in the same situation as me I thought I'd post my findings too

I had the same problem when switching between 2 caccounts. I tried deleting the files mentioned earlier in the post but it still didn't work, then I realised that both users were using different resolutions so it was switching user AND changing the resolution. Once they were both on the same resolution everything worked just fine.

🙂

Jan 4, 2012 10:57 AM in response to Király

Király wrote:

I found the bad file. I deleted it and logged out/in. Problem solved. Rotating cube is back!

In my case it was an old .plist file, dated February 11 2011. I guess it must have been incompatible with whatever change Apple made to Fast User Switching in 10.6.8.

/Users/me/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver.XXXXXXX.plist

This solution worked for me. Thanks.

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