Sunday, December 26, 2010

Many iPods/1 PC: user account

Families may prefer sharing a computer not mix all files and programs. Not only that it can get confusing and hard to use, parents may want to have some content on your computer (like an r-rated film, for example) that can access, but their kids can't.

This problem becomes particularly important when there are more iPads, iPod or iPhone all be synchronized on the same computer. A way to effectively manage this situation is to create individual accounts on your computer for each family member.

This article concerns more iPod to computer with Manager user account. Other methods of doing this include:

Manage multiple iPods on one computer with a user account is very easy. Everyone needs it, really, you create a user account for each family member.

Once this is done, when such a member of the family you register on their own account, it will be like they are using your personal computer. They'll get your files, settings, applications, their music and nothing else. In this way, all the iTunes libraries and synchronization settings will be completely separated and there will be no complications among people who use computer.

Start by creating a user account for each family member that will use the computer:

Once you've done this, make sure all family members know their username and password. You must also ensure that whenever a family member is done via the computers accessing from their account.

With this fact, each user account will work as is your computer and each family member will be able to do what they want in it.

Yet, parents may wish to apply content restrictions in iTunes their children to prevent access to material mature. To do this, access the user account of each child and follow the instructions for configuring parental controls iTunes. When setting the password there, be sure to use a password other than the child uses to access your user account.


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