Share Calendars and Address Books with multiple users
Mar 04, '03 09:54:00AM
Contributed by: sundown
In a previous hint, the author pointed out that iTunes libraries can be shared among users on the same machine using aliases to the Shared folder. The same can be done for iCal and Address Book.
iCal:
- Create a Calendars folder under /Users/Shared/.
- Under each user's Library folder, remove the Calendars folder (be sure to back up any existing calendars). In its place, create a symlink to the shared Calendars folder - if working from the User's Library folder, type ln -s /Users/Shared/Calendars Calendars.
- Make sure that all users have permissions to both read and write all files in, and including, the Calendars folder.
This may require some tweeking, but it should work. Also note that this approach means ALL of your calendars are shared.
Address Book:- Create an AddressBook folder under /Users/Shared/
- Under each user's ~/Library/Application Support folder, remove the AddressBook folder (be sure to back up any existing address books!). In its place, create a symlink to the shared AddressBook folder - if working from the User's ~/Library/Application Support folder, type ln -s /Users/Shared/AddressBook AddressBook.
- Make sure that all users have permissions to both read and write all files in, and including, the AddressBook folder.
This may require some tweeking, but it should work. Also note that this approach means ALL of your Addresses are shared.
Finally, please note that aliases do not work. You must use symlinks.
[robg adds: I haven't tried this one...]
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