Of course I meant 'Disable Automatic Login' … I can't type ;-( On 16/08/2010, at 10:45 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote:
> All, I have a question about logging in to the Macbook (using SL), when I > turn the Macbook on, it boots up and it is ready for business soon after. If > I walk away, it eventually goes to sleep and then when I waken it up again, > it is ready for business again. This is good, but it means that anyone can do > this to my Macbook. How do I set it up so that when booting from an OFF > state, it requires a password to complete the boot up, and then when in sleep > mode, to waken it up again, also requires a password. This is standard fare > for the PC I use and I’m sure is an accessible feature in OSX but I’m not > sure how to make it do this. > > Can anyone enlighten me please? > > Regards > > Peter… Hi Peter, System Preferences > Security - General select "Require Password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins" Also select 'Disable Automatic login' Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
