[X4U] Require Password to Wake From Sleep
Jerry Krinock
jerry at ieee.org
Fri Dec 17 05:43:58 PST 2004
System Preferences > Security has a single checkbox to specify whether or
not a password is required when waking from sleep. Well, there are some
times each day (when my powerbook will be locked somewhere out of my sight)
that I would like this to be checked. But there are other times (when it's
on my desk at home and needs to wake to perform automatic backups at 5:00
AM) when I would like it to be un-checked. I have requested that Apple add
a feature to easily change this. My options are:
1. Wait til Apple responds (Do any of you developers know if Tiger has
anything like this?)
2. Assuming this is stored as a preference in a .plist file somewhere,
write a script to check/uncheck it. (Does anyone know where it is, I can't
find it).
3. I understand that ApplesScript now supports a kind of GUI scripting that
might be able to check/uncheck this box. Maybe the latest QuicKeys could do
it too.
I'd appreciate any ecommendations, please.
Jerry Krinock
San Jose, CA USA
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