I am often asked how to password protect screen savers in OS X in a similar fashion to Windows.
Here is how:
Mac OS X also allows you to lock your screen when the screen saver
becomes active. You will then have to enter your password to regain
access to your computer. To activate this feature:
- From the Apple menu, select
System Preferences... .
- From the
View menu, select
Security .
- Check the box next to
Require password to wake this computer
from sleep or screen saver .
To add an item to your menu bar that will allow you to quickly lock
the screen and turn on the screen saver:
- From your
Applications folder, open your
Utilities folder, and then open
Keychain Access .
- In 10.4 and 10.5, from the
Keychain Access menu, select
Preferences... . Under the
General tab,
check the box next to
Show Status in Menu Bar .
In 10.3, from the
View menu, select
Show Status in Menu
Bar to check it.
- The padlock icon will appear in your menu bar in the upper right
corner of your screen. To lock your screen, click this icon, and from
the menu that appears, select
Lock Screen .
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