iUsers Allows Multiple Accounts on the iPad

One of the many features that's available on Mac OS X but not on iOS yet, is the ability to have multiple user accounts on a single mobile device.

Padmini Harchandrai|Jul 18, 2011, 10:39:56 IST

One of the many features that's available on Mac OS X, but not on iOS yet, is the ability to have multiple user accounts on a single mobile device. iUsers is a tweak for the iPad from Cydia, which means, yes, your iPad will have to be jailbroken in order to access it. It seperates application information and preferences between users. This means that one user's Angry Birds score will not affect another user's game, even though they're using the same device to play.

Your iPad can be used by different users

Currently, apps, music and videos are shared between users but the developers of iUsers hope to fix that in the near future. The tweak should be available in Cydia soon, but those that want a sneak preview, follow the instructions on how to here. Do you share your iPad with various users? Would you like to be able to create multiple user accounts? Let us know in the comments section below.

By Padmini Harchandrai

Paddy does not, we repeat, definitely does NOT belong in the category of Mac-head (yeh right!). She does get excited by her iPhone and her iMac and her iPod Nano and her Macbook and Bali's iPad and her future iHouse (patent pending). Ok, so maybe her head is a little bit forbidden fruit shaped. She likes shooting video (iPhone 4 camera zindabad!) and editing montages (Final Cut Pro zindabad!), whether the scene calls for it or no. In her spare time, she's either kicking it on stage with KB the keyboard or kicking butt at Taekwondo.