[X4U] Require Password to Wake From Sleep

[Jerry Krinock]

on 04/12/17 19:08, lists3-200402 at lists3-200402 at verizon.net wrote:

>  keychain access > view > show status in menubar > lock screen

Thanks.  This is a good idea, even handier than Kirk's idea of going to the
login screen, although the lock takes up a little space in the menu bar.

Jerry

> on 04/12/17 05:43, Jerry Krinock at jerry at ieee.org wrote:
> 
>> 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