How do I prevent my iPad from connecting with other accounts logged into my Mac?

Lots of views, no replies. Am I explaining the problem I'm having adequately?

Ralph9430 wrote:

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So it looks like you've answered your own question. Make it a habit for each user to log out when they are finished using the iMac. Then before anyone goes to sync a device, double check to make sure no other users are logged in. Only the user doing the syncing should be logged in and that should be only to their own account.

Thanks for the reply, but that's like the old 'Doc, it hurts when I lift my arm like this.' Doc says, 'Well don't lift your arm like that.'

This is an inherently multi-user operating system we're using. It's silly to have to log all the way out of every other account on the system every time you want to connect your iDevice. I have 4 people in the family who use the system and we all have web browsers open, homework in the process of being completed, this, that, and the other thing.

On top of being silly, if someone forgets to log out of his/her account, the next person who wants to use an iDevice needs admin or plug pulling privileges to log that other user out.

That's already how we switch between accounts.

The PROBLEM is that the iPad/iDevices connect to other accounts besides the front one. The PROBLEM is that certain devices should only be accessible from iTunes on certain user accounts.

Not a foolish question.

It's more than just syncing. It's about iTunes' attaching to the device. If my daughter leaves iTunes running in her account that is switched out and I plug my iPad in, her iTunes can "capture" my iPad. After that, I won't be able to see the iPad unless I go to her account and log her out then try plugging my iPad back in.