This page explains how to create and set up a new user profile to be used by patrons of The Edge recording studio.

• Power on all recording studio hardware in the correct order and power on the computer.
• Log on to the edgeadmin user account.
• Under 'System Preferences' create a new user.
• Detailed instructions can be found on the apple website here
• Disable fast user switching in the 'Login Options' menu.

• Log out and log in to the new user and set up everything:
• Modify the dock to show only the apps relevant to the recording studio.
• Open the various DAWs and set the audio playback engine to 'HD'.
• Adjust any other default settings.
• Download any packs/loops/instruments etc.

• Log out and log back in to the edgeadmin user.
• Go to terminal and sudo su.
• Save the user settings you just created by running the renew_profile.sh script located in /usr/Local/bin/
• Nano renew_profile.sh to point to the right user.
• renew_profile.sh contains the following commands:

   ditto /Users/username /Library/RecordingStudio/Templates/UserAccounts/username
   rm -r /Library/RecordingStudio/Templates/UserAccounts/username/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/
   rm -rf /Library/RecordingStudio/Templates/UserAccounts/username/Library/Keychains/*
   rm -rf /Library/RecordingStudio/Templates/UserAccounts/username/.bash_*
   chown -R root:wheel /Library/RecordingStudio/Templates/UserAccounts/username
   chmod -R 755 /Library/RecordingStudio/Templates/UserAccounts/username

• Go to /usr/Local/bin/ and nano the Login.sh script
• Edit the script to point to the desired user account (the one you just created)
• Save the script.
• Login.sh contains the following commands:

   USERNAME="$1"
   LAB_USER_USERNAME="username"
   LU_TEMPLATE_FOLDER="/Library/RecordingStudio/Templates/UserAccounts/edgeuser"
   LU_HOME_FOLDER="/Users/username"
   
   # Did the lab user just log in?
   if [[ "$USERNAME" == "$LAB_USER_USERNAME" ]] ;
   then
   #echo "Recreating username Account."
   
   # Delete the directory
   rm -rf "$LU_HOME_FOLER"
   # Recreate the directory
   ditto "$LU_TEMPLATE_FOLDER" "$LU_HOME_FOLDER"
   chown -R "$LAB_USER_USERNAME:staff" "$LU_HOME_FOLDER"
   # Remove the notification
   # kill $!
   fi

• Log out of edgeadmin and log into your new user to test that everything works ok.
• Enable the Login.sh with

sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook /path/to/script

The new user should now be fully set up. Sit back and make some tunes!