Hi, There is no need for any "Auto Fill" thing to be set. As long as you have your login window set to the "List of Users" as opposed to "Name & Password", then this method should work.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 19, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Robert C <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim, > I must not have the auto fill option set, can you tell me where that is? > This should do it for me. Thanks again. > > Quote of the nanosecond . . . > Believing in rebirth is the same as admitting defeat. > Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn > E-mail- > [email protected] > > On 4/19/2014 6:58 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> You can usually just enter the first few letters of the username that >> appears in the Login screen then press return. It will then ask for your >> password and you're in. So, even if you had, for example, Tim, Robert and >> Barb as users on your Mac, when the login screen was active, you could just >> enter "r o", press return then your password and you'd be in. >> >> HTH. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Apr 18, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Robert C <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hmmm. I tried that option before and it requires typing in two things not >>> just my password so I went back to the other option. I am the only user on >>> this Mac. >>> >>> Quote of the nanosecond . . . >>> Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"? >>> Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn >>> E-mail- >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On 4/18/2014 3:31 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> Ok open users and groups in system pref's and in the table of choices pick >>>> log in items! >>>> One of the options is to use name and password as log in screen! >>>> HTH Colin >>>> >>>> On 18 Apr 2014, at 23:14, Robert C <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there a shortcut to login on the Mac?Its not runnuign at tyhe >>>>> momenbt so let me explain. When I first turn the Mac on, its in a window >>>>> and I have to move past 3 or 4 items (I dont recall what those items are >>>>> at the moment) before I get to my login account and sign in. If that was >>>>> clear, then I want to know if I can change a setting somewhere so I land >>>>> directly on that sign in. Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Quote of the nanosecond . . . >>>>> "When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble >>>>> a nail." >>>>> --Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) >>>>> Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn >>>>> E-mail- >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
