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How do you quickly switch users really fast?

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Last response: August 25, 2012 3:25 PM in Mac Os X

freet

July 5, 2012 7:35:32 PM

I have to click on the username on the right upper corner, then aim at the user I want to switch at, and then click it then type the password.

Is there a shortkey that would activate the user name so that I could use arrow key to choose the user and hit enter and type the password?

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Ijack

July 5, 2012 8:20:40 PM

Nothing is built in to OS X to let you do this (OS X has yet to catch up with Windows here), but if you Google you'll find a number of suggestions.

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freet

July 5, 2012 9:10:28 PM

How do you do that fast on Windows?

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InvalidError

July 5, 2012 9:59:57 PM

WinKey + L to go back to the login screen, select the account, type password.

Not that much shorter.

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amdfangirl

July 6, 2012 12:02:03 PM

Linux has it best

Several sessions at the same time.

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freet

July 7, 2012 4:40:37 PM

Windows and Mac can have several sessions at the same time too though.

I suppose since Linux is light, you can do more for less RAM?

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InvalidError

July 7, 2012 5:29:17 PM

freet said:

I suppose since Linux is light, you can do more for less RAM?

Not sure the "lightness" of Linux still applies today, many newer releases are only barely usable even with 1GB RAM.

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freet

July 25, 2012 7:02:02 AM

Best answer selected by freet.

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AidanJC

July 31, 2012 10:50:29 PM

I used to click on my username at the top right of the page, and there was an option to click on a user account if i remember properly. That switched it over almost instantly.

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freet

August 25, 2012 3:25:04 PM

AidanJC said:

I used to click on my username at the top right of the page, and there was an option to click on a user account if i remember properly. That switched it over almost instantly.

Yes but that's too slow for me. I need a faster way done only with the keyboard instead of having to use a mouse.

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