[real]

Hello,
I have a question,
If I have a powerbook and a desktop how can I use mobile accounts. I guess I im kinda confused on how all this works. I like to do most of my work at home on the desktop then When i do leave I can have the same files as on the desktop. Any help would be great

[Guru22]

Mobile accounts only syncronises the username and password. It does not syncronise preferences. Your better off just using AFP file sharing between the two machines.

[si_lance]

I've been told that you can use your iPod as your homedir so you could just plug-in using firewire and have all your files...

[Guru22]

Yes that's right. You need to edit the netinfo database to do so. Any external hard drive could do so as well. An ipod is much nicer though!

In netinfo go to / then users then find your username. In the lower part of the window there is a property called home. Here you can specify the home folder path.

Example: Mine is /Volumes/Data/guru

Data is the 2nd partition on my HD and guru is my username. You will need to make sure that your ipod of external HD is plugged in before you log in otherwise you will have errors.

[tooki]

But remember that the iPod is not designed to dissipate the heat generated by constant drive use. (In music playback, the drive is accessed for about 3 seconds every 1/2 hour.) Using the iPod as your home directory is liable to cause it to malfunction, especially if you are doing media work which requires constant file access.

tooki