Hi,

The VO at login option is in the Login Options area within the Users & Groups 
pane of System Preferences as well.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Mar 26, 2014, at 10:33 PM, Robert C <[email protected]> wrote:

> Tim,
>   Valid points and I should consider that the Mac being a portable device, I 
> ought to leave it in a secure state.
> 
>   I may have disabled VO somehow at login so if I turn it back on, logins 
> will be easier and heck, can just leave the macnine running all day.
> 
> Quote of the nanosecond . . .
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> On 3/26/2014 9:20 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> If I'm understanding correctly, you'd like your computer to go directly to 
>> your Desktop without a Login screen.  That's not a recommended behaviour 
>> because if your machine is stolen or accessed by someone else, they have 
>> easy access to all your personal files.  Now, if that isn't a concern to 
>> you, then do the following:
>> 
>> * go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences.
>> * Select Users & Groups.
>> * Unlock the pane by pressing on the lock near the bottom of the pane, then 
>> enter your password.
>> * Interact with the Users, Groups & Login Options List near the top of the 
>> pane.
>> * navigate to the last item in that list, it should be Login Options.
>> * Stop Interacting with the list then navigate right to the Automatic Login 
>> pop-up.
>> * select which user you want to automatically login to on startup.
>> * close System Prefs.
>> 
>> That should do it.  A few things to note though.  If you have iCloud 
>> keychain turned on, this is definitely a bad idea as your saved passwords 
>> and such are more easily accessed by anyone who gains access to your 
>> machine.  If you don't use that feature, then it's not such a big deal other 
>> than what I mentioned earlier.  If the Automatic login pop-up is dimmed, 
>> then you did not unlock the pane yet.  If this is the way you wish to have 
>> your computer configured, make sure that you still have a password set so 
>> that your Mac, at least, requires that Admin password for installations or 
>> modifications to the system.  It will need to be a password that is easy for 
>> you to remember since you're not needing to enter it very often.
>> 
>> HTH.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:10 PM, Robert C <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Tim,
>>>   Got it using the Create a New Keychain option. Now I need to change an 
>>> option so I do not have to enter the login password each time I boot up. 
>>> Where would I do that? Thanks again.
>>> 
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>>> On 3/26/2014 3:12 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> It kind of depends.  If you changed your password via the Terminal or from 
>>>> another user, then the Login password and Keychain are likely different.  
>>>> If you change your password for user Bob while logged in as Bob, then the 
>>>> login password and keychain will match.  So, the easiest method to clean 
>>>> up this problem is simply to change your password again while logged in as 
>>>> that same user.
>>>> 
>>>> HTH.
>>>> 
>>>> Later...
>>>> 
>>>> Tim Kilburn
>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 26, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Robert C <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>   Some time ago, I found I had to reset my login password on the Mac and 
>>>>> that led to having to change the keychain password. Now I am working with 
>>>>> this again and want to know if the password for each is the same? Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Quote of the nanosecond . . .
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