Setting Fast User Switching

One of the advantages to having multiple users and owning Panther, is the ability to quickly switch between users (). For example, one of your users wants to quickly check her e-mail. Before Panther, you would have to close out all your files, log out, and then let her log in, but not any more. Panther allows more than one user access to your computer, and lets you switch back and forth on the fly without closing anything. Think of a large box, and each side of the box represents a user account, along with their personalized desktop, specific folders and applications. To access a new account you simply rotate the box ...

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