Re: Locking a Mac

2014-02-18 Thread Terje Strømberg
Tim Kilburn Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 11:42 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Locking a Mac Hi Frank, Two ways you can deal with this. First, in the Security & Privacy pane in System Prefs, make sure that the checkbox for requiring a password after Sleep or Screens

RE: Locking a Mac

2014-02-17 Thread Frank Ventura
Tim, thanks, that is exactally what I needed to know. Frank From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 11:42 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Locking a Mac Hi Frank, Two ways you can

Re: Locking a Mac

2014-02-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Two cautions with using the Power button method. If you put your Mac to sleep, then those apps also go to sleep. I could be mistaken on the iMac, as I am not near one at the moment to confirm, but, on my MBP, you need to hold down the power button for about 3 to 4 seconds to get this beha

Re: Locking a Mac

2014-02-17 Thread Agent086b
Hi, if this is an iMac assuming you have checked the checkbox referred to below to require a password after sleep. You can press the power button once and that will put it to sleep. Max On 18 Feb 2014, at 3:41 pm, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Frank, > > Two ways you can deal with this. First, in

Re: Locking a Mac

2014-02-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Frank, Two ways you can deal with this. First, in the Security & Privacy pane in System Prefs, make sure that the checkbox for requiring a password after Sleep or Screensaver is checked. This behaviour is normally on by default in Mountain Lion and Mavericks but if, for some reason, it is