I have mine set so it won’t go to sleep by itself. I have to put it to sleep. it was doing the authentication thing after it had been off for something like 12 hours and it did it every time I closed anything but it’s not doing it today.
> On Nov 26, 2025, at 5:03 PM, Joseph Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does this normally happen only whenever you're not using it for a while? If > so, this is it going to sleep as what I've always noticed. > >> On Nov 26, 2025, at 1:58 AM, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> last night I turned off my Mac Mini running Sequoia. ever since I turned it >> back on vo’s been saying “authentication” each time I close Safari or mail. >> I can’t move at all until I press command-tab then I get: Finder. anybody >> have any suggestions as to why it might be doing that? >> >> thanks. >> Lorie >> >> -- >> 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: >> [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/96D24109-904C-4057-B12C-5DF95E43A0D7%40gmail.com. > > -- > 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: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/7FE89C42-9E66-4201-8729-A105D2CFE08B%40outlook.com. -- 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: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/990886C3-3B1E-4C47-825F-30C354A04667%40gmail.com.
