In
this world of digital information, people have all their crucial information in
their computer. Therefore, to keep your information and data safe and secure,
you may have set a password or your device. But, it is also irritating when you
are asked to enter the password over and over again. Mac also asks for the
login password every time you start it, wake up, and switch user. If you don’t
want to fill the password every time when you wake up your Mac from sleep or
switch users, then you can disable the
login password separately for each.
Disabling the startup login on Mac
To skip
the login screen that appears when you start your Mac, you can use automatic
log in. Enabling this feature, skip the user selection as well as password
screen. In order to enable automatic login, FileVault should be disabled in
your Mac. Here is how to disable FileVault and turn on automatic login in Mac.
Steps to disable FileVault:
1.
Start your Mac and
open ‘System Preferences.’
2.
Open ‘Security
& Privacy.’
3.
Now, find and
select ‘FileVault.’
4.
Type your Mac
password when prompted.
5.
Then select ‘Turn
Off FileVault.’
Once
FileVault has been disabled in your Mac, you can go ahead and enable automatic
login.
Steps to enable automatic login in your
Mac:
1.
Open ‘System
Preferences.’
2.
And jump into
‘Users & Groups’.
3.
Now, type your Mac
password when prompted.
4.
Go to ‘Login
Options’
5.
Look for Automatic
Login option and click its dropdown button.
6.
Choose your user
account from the dropdown list.
7.
And, provide the
login password.
Automatic
login will be enabled in your Mac, and you’ll not be asked for login. You’ll
not even see the login screen. If you’ve different users in your Mac, then you
can access them from the top menu pane. If you’re unable to enable automatic
login in your Mac, then possibly you’re using iCloud account password for
logging in to your device. You’ll need to change the login password in order to
enable automatic login.
Disabling the wake-up login on Mac
After a
few minutes, Mac goes to sleep in order to save power and protect the display.
When you wake up your Mac from sleep, it will ask you again to login with your
password, which is annoying many times. If you don’t want Mac to ask you for
the password at wake up, then you’ll need to adjust the settings for it into
Security & Privacy section of System Preferences. You can disable the
wake-up login entirely as well as increase the locking time. Here is how.
1.
Open ‘System
Preferences.’
2.
And jump into
‘Security & Privacy.’
3.
Go to ‘General.’
4.
Now, type your Mac
password when prompted.
5.
Click and unmark
the ‘Disable automatic login’ box.
6.
Click the dropdown
button.
7.
Choose your user
account from the dropdown list.
8.
And, provide the
login password.
9.
Click ‘OK.’
10.
Now, click and
unmark the ‘Require password’ box.
11.
Type the
administrator password of your Mac.
12.
Now, choose a time
to lock your Mac after sleeping or choose ‘Turn off Screen Lock’ to disable the
wake-up login
13.
Choose the other
options and save changes.
Now,
after going to sleep, your Mac will lock after your determined time or not lock
if you’ve turned the screen lock off.
Disabling the switch users log in on Mac
Even
after disabling start up and wake up logins, your Mac still asks for login
password when you switch users or change administrator settings. If you want to
prevent Mac from asking for switch user login, then you’ll need to create a
blank password for that account.
1.
Open ‘System
Preferences.’
2.
And jump into
‘Users & Groups’.
3.
Now, type your Mac
password when prompted.
4.
Select your
username in the left menu.
5.
Click ‘Change
Password.’
6.
Type your current
password in the Old password field.
7.
And leave the New
password and Verify field blank.
8.
Then click ‘Change
Password.’
Now,
you’ll be not asked for any password to access your account. You just have to
click your user account icon to access your desktop.
Victoria Parker,
writer of this blog loves to write and create awareness related to day-to-day
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