Thank you Schoun and Cathy for your suggestions. Looks like an unUnixy guy like me is up against some serious hurdles here. I'm very attached to having my own user account on the computer, and not much inclined to going back to sharing my account, even with my beloved wife.
Schoun, I take some encouragement that "others are starting to ask for" more sharing capability across accounts. I hope it quickly grows to a groundswell... Jim > From: Schoun Regan <schounregan at mac.com> > Reply-To: "macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu" > <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:04:00 -0500 > To: "macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu" <macgroup at > erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Sharing Entourage Address Book > > This is not what Mac OS X is designed for. > You are asking for what others are starting to ask for, which is, > "Can I share my iTunes and iPhoto with another person on this Mac?" > This can be accomplished by some UNIX fun but most home users do not > want to go to that trouble. A reasonable response would be to just > use the same account, each user can have their own bookmarks and Mail > will handle more than one account, same with Entourage as you can > switch users, but there is no magic "share this and not this" scenario. > Sharewares that hack the system are your best bet. > the UNIX way would be to create a group that both users are members > of and then allow read and write permissions to the files both of you > want access to. Then change the configuration files to point to a > common place when each user logs in. > -s > > On Dec 12, 2005, at 10:36 AM, Green, Cathy wrote: > >> What about exporting the addresses from one book as vcards and >> importing said cards into the other user's address book? Not so >> simple as just switching to & fro one address book between two >> different users, but at least both users would have access to the >> same info (provided you export & import each time you add a name to >> the address book)...Cathy >> >> ---------- >> From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of Jim/ >> Marcia Bennett >> Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:48 PM >> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Subject: Re: MacGroup: Sharing Entourage Address Book [heur] >> [bcc][faked-from] >> >> Jerry, thanks for the lead. I scanned the 14-page list of scripts for >> Entourage, but only found one that seemed it might do what I need. I >> downloaded it, but the four and a half page Read Me instructions >> totally >> overwhelmed my ability to comprehend, and scared me off. >> >> Also it did not mention the exact task I'm trying to accomplish. It >> dealt >> with sharing an Address Book between users on different computers, and >> between different Identities within the same user account, but no >> mention of >> sharing between two separate user accounts on the same computer. >> >> Jim >> >> >>> From: Jerry Yeager <jerry at browseryshop.com> >>> Reply-To: "macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu" >>> <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:39:29 -0500 >>> To: "macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu" >> <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> Subject: Re: MacGroup: Sharing Entourage Address Book >>> >>> Would one of these scripts help? >>> >>> http://www.scriptbuilders.net/?search=Sync+Entourage-Address+Book >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> On Dec 8, 2005, at 11:16 PM, Jim/Marcia Bennett wrote: >>> >>>> I am trying to figure out how (or if) I can share an Entourage >>>> Address Book >>>> between two user accounts in OS X. My wife and I have all our >>>> contacts in >>>> one user account, but all our photos (in iPhoto 4) are in >> another user >>>> account (not a good way to set it up I now know). We want to link >>>> the two to >>>> take advantage of iPhoto's insanely easy way to email photos to >>>> friends and >>>> family. I know there's some way to share an iPhoto libray across >> user >>>> accounts, but I was hoping it would be easier to share the Address >>>> Book. So >>>> far the Missing Manual, Mactopia, Office 2004 Help, etc. have >>>> provided no >>>> help. Has anyone else wrestled with this one? >>>> >>>> We are running Office 2004 Mac on a Power Mac G4 with OS X 10.3.9 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>> | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >>>> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >>> ----------------------------------- >>> Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure >>> if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
