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S Jun 4, 2024 at 15:12 history suggested dimitrieh CC BY-SA 4.0
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Mar 8, 2024 at 13:19 comment added IconDaemon The change in System Settings design in Sonoma (perhaps earlier) put this functionality in the Lock Screen section.
Mar 7, 2024 at 22:27 comment added gargoylebident Where is this option in Sonoma?
Mar 24, 2017 at 15:45 comment added stackoverflowuser2010 @DilipRajBaral: Thank you. Your answer worked for me.
Feb 19, 2017 at 1:39 comment added Nate I too had this problem in 10.12.3. Toggling “Require password” did not fix it. It persisted even after a reboot. I changed the “5 seconds” to “Immediate”, put the computer to sleep, and it worked. I was then able to change it back to “5 seconds” and it worked again. Preferences corruption? In any case this is a severe security vulnerability. There should be no way the password lock ever fails. Especially since you won’t know it failed until the next time you open your computer.
Nov 6, 2016 at 7:52 comment added Dilip Raj Baral @Steiny I had the exact same problem after upgrading 10.12.1. Doing the following fixed the problem. In System > Preferences > Security & Preferences, uncheck 'Require Password .. after sleep or Screen Saver begins." Put the computer into sleep for a while. Wake it up, go to the same screen and check 'Require Password .. after sleep or screen saver begins."
Nov 1, 2016 at 19:21 comment added steinybot Any idea why this wouldn't work? It was working on the previous version of Sierra but after updating to 10.12.1 it no longer asks for a password. Sometime if I go into these settings and toggle it off and on again it works but does not persist forever. Seems like a pretty major security flaw.
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Feb 18, 2015 at 18:07 history answered IconDaemon CC BY-SA 3.0