[Waterman]

Sorry if this has been covered before, but I searched and couldn't find anything that answered my question exactly...

Our family computer has multiple users, all wanting to share (with read/write privileges) their iPhoto and iTunes libraries. I used the approach described here to accomplish this: http://captnswing.net/howto/itunes/. Everything is working great, except that if multiple users have iTunes or iPhoto open and they both make changes to the media libraries, only the changes made by the user who quits the app last will be preserved.

So, what I believe I need to do is quit iPhoto and iTunes when the user is switched.

Any ideas on how to do that? I was thinking about firing off a two line applescript whenever the logout happend, but I'm not entirely sure how to hook into that user switch event. Thoughts?

[Dr. Smoke]

Hi Waterman.

Everything is working great, except that if multiple users have iTunes or iPhoto open and they both make changes to the media libraries, only the changes made by the user who quits the app last will be preserved.

Well, you should expect that since the method you're using is a bit of a hack and Apple did not design these apps for a shared database, i.e. an iTunes or iPhoto library shared by multiple users. They were built with the design point being each user managing their own photos or music. Sharing photos and music has been sort of an afterthought.

So, what I believe I need to do is quit iPhoto and iTunes when the user is switched.

Any ideas on how to do that? I was thinking about firing off a two line applescript whenever the logout happend, but I'm not entirely sure how to hook into that user switch event. Thoughts?

Take a look at WInSwitch. It appears to support the execution of scripts or apps when switching into or out of a user. You could probably use that feature to launch an AppleScript on switch-out to quit iTunes and iPhoto, then launch them again on switch-in. Since it appears to support aliases, you could probably put the appropriate scripts in the Shared folder! ;-)

[Waterman]

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

Yes, I know it's a hack, but it's what my family wanted.

I appreciate your help!