Hi, I'd expect that if you have it set to require the password after eight hours, that it wouldn't do this, but take a look under the Energy Saver System Preference. There will be two tabs in there, one for when the computer is on battery power and one for when it's connected to AC power. the display is likely set to go to sleep after about 5 minutes. This is a good thing for saving battery life. In either case though, the eight hours should normally override the need for the password. I wouldn't recommend leaving it awake and unprotected that length of time anyway, but that is really your decision. I usually recommend that the display goes to sleep after about five minutes when on battery and the computer goes to sleep either 5 or 10 minutes of inactivity. when on power adaptor, that could be changed. In my case, I let the display go to sleep at the regular interval, but tell the computer to never sleep when on AC power. Again, it's your choice, but for security purposes, it's much better to have it require that password after sleep or inactivity.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 3, 2016, at 13:01, hannah day <tiggerfa...@icloud.com> wrote: Hello everyone. I am trying to work out why my mac is displaying the login panel about five minutes after inactivity and can't figure it out. I have set the screen saver to never start and have told the system to require a password 8 hours after sleep or screensaver begins. This is on an early 2015 13 inch Macbook Pro running Sierra. Any responses will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
