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Fast User Switching for faster change between two accounts Working in a shared Mac this was one of the major issue I faced that whenever I try to login on the machine, I had to wait for long time which was painful during productive hours. After some research, I got an option that has fixed my problem to some extent. You can try this by enabling Fast User Switching to allow you to switch between accounts without logging off and logging on each time. To get this done, you have to go to System Preferences , and select Accounts and then Login Options. From here you need to turn on Enable fast user switching . Now you can switch between users using a pull-down menu on the right side of the menu bar and you don't have to logoff/in every time.

Steps to remove unwanted applications from login items Once you are an old user on Mac, you will install multiple applications and softwares depending on your needs. Some or many of them might go to your start up items and make your machine slow at the time of startup after login. I am going to mention a small tip to remove the login items that are not required so that the start up process consumes as less time as possible. This is really effective and you can feel the difference once you follow these steps. In orded to reach login items, you need to go to System Preferences , select your account under Accounts and go to Login Items tab. On this window where the login items are displayed, select the one of your choice and remove the check from the ones which are not required. There is another option for doing this, you can also right click on the desired application on the dock and uncheck the option “ Open At Login ”. Just to inform you that this shortcut way won't work for ap

Set up Entourage to launch automatically when you login If Entourage is an essential application for you and you use it as an important tool for your business, then this post could be of great help for you. I am mentioning the setup procedure to launch Entourge at the time of login. 1. Go to "System Preferences". 2. Select "Accounts". 3. In Accounts window, select you name. 4. Open the "Login Items" and add click on "+" icon. 5. Browse and add Entourage as its default location is in Applications > Microsoft Office 2004 (or 2008) > Entourage. 6. Once you add the application, come out of Accounts window and re-login to the machine to check if it is working fine. I suggest new users a simple way i.e. just launch Entourage and then hold the icon on the dock, you will get an option of Open at Login, just select it and it is done.