Require a password on waking from sleep, but not when screensaver is active
April 26th, 2009 - Command Line, Customize, How to, Screensaver, Tips & Tricks
Have you ever wanted to have your mac require a password on waking from system sleep, but not ask for a password when the screensaver is on? Well, me neither, but someone out there might and it’s kind of a nifty customization tip. I came across this nice trick on TUAW that I thought it was worth reposting here to our readers.
Launch the Terminal and type the following command:
defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 0
reversing this should just be a matter of changing the 0 to a 1
defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1
Posted by: Bill Ellis

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