Seems a bit complex, and I don't know about File Vault. The idea is to use MacID on iOS to unlock my Mac, but only when I lift the lid. I suppose I could set the display to sleep when open, but have the Mac never sleep. I'd be okay with that, unless OS X sees a dark screen as sleeping. > On Nov 1, 2015, at 20:15, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: > > This is doable, yes, and I have done it myself while travelling. > > The trick here is to employ FileVault. FileVault password prompts appear > when the machine has gone to standby or hibernation. Turn off all prompting > inside OS X, and set up FileVault. Then adjust your energy preferences using > System Preferences to never go to sleep, and set your hibernation mode to > hibernate using the command line and pmset tool. Alternatively, using the > same tool, set the standby delay to something low enough that it will kick > in, but high enough that your Mac can sleep safely. I prefer the first > option, even though it does mean it takes longer to sleep and wake from > hibernation. Be aware that doing this also kills any feature that depends on > sleep, for example network availability or PowerNap. > > If you want to pursue this, let us know. > > -- > 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 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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