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• OK. This button presents the “I’ll be back” approach. Mac OS X preserves the

user’s folders on the Mac, in a tidy digital envelope that won’t clutter your hard

drive, and that can be reopened in case of emergency.

The file resides in the UsersÆDeleted Users folder, and it’s a disk image file (.dmg)

like the ones described on page 128. If fate ever brings that person back into your

life, you can use this disk image to reinstate the deleted person’s account.

Setting Up the Login Process

Once you’ve set up more than one account, the dialog box shown in Figure 12-1

appears whenever you turn on the Mac, whenever you choose aÆLog Out, or

whenever the Mac logs you out automatically (page 344). But a few extra controls let

you, an administrator, set up either more or less security at the login screen—or, put

another way, build in less or more convenience.

Open System Preferences, click Accounts, and then click the Login Options button

(Figure 12-11). Here are some of the ways you can shape the login experience for

greater security (or greater convenience):

Figure 12-10:

Top: This dialog box

lets you know where

to find the deleted

account’s material,

should the need

arise.

Bottom: The files and

settings of accounts

you deleted live on, in

the UsersÆDeleted

Users folder.

Editing Accounts

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