Oct 07, 2019 If you aren't logged in as an administrator, you're asked to enter an administrator name and password. Click Login Options in the lower-left corner. Choose an account from the “Automatic login” menu, then enter the password of that account. The account is now set up to log in automatically when your Mac starts up. Sign in to iCloud to access your photos, videos, documents, notes, contacts, and more. Use your Apple ID or create a new account to start using Apple services.
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This document describes how to enable or disable automatic login for Mac OS X.
- Click the Apple logo in the upper left corner of your screen.
- Click System Preferences.
- Click Users & Groups. In earlier versions of OS X, this category is called Accounts.
- Click the lock icon to unlock settings and enter your admin password when prompted.
- Click Login Options.
- In the field next to Automatic login, select the name of the user you would like to log in automatically. To disable automatic login, select Off.
- If FileVault is turned on, manual login is required for all accounts. You can turn FileVault off.
- If an account uses an iCloud password to log in, manual login is required for that account. You might also see the message “A user with an encrypted home folder can't log in automatically.” When changing the account password, you can choose not to use the iCloud password.
- Close System Preferences to save changes.
Important Note: If the username is grayed out, you are unable to enable automatic login as your Mac requires manual login. This can be fixed:
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Created: | 2014-04-17 17:19 CDT | Updated: | 2018-01-21 21:11 CDT |
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Holding shift boots OSX in safe mode so it disables quite a few things (as detailed at the link below) including:
'...you can't use DVD Player, capture video in iMovie, use audio input or output devices, or use an internal or external USB modem. The behavior of some devices such as an AirPort card may vary depending on computer and Mac OS X version.
Safe Mode in Mac OS X v10.5 or later also disables Quartz Extreme (hardware accelerated graphics). Applications that depend on Quartz Extreme will not open, and the Mac OS X menu bar will appear solid even if 'Translucent Menu Bar' is enabled in Desktop & Screen Saver preferences.
Safe Mode in Mac OS X v10.6 or later also disables File Sharing access. This means you will not be able to mount Time Capsule disks or volumes being served by other computers running Mac OS X.'
Full article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564
Actually the hint is correct when it says ““You just need to press and hold the Shift key during the boot ONLY when the Blue screen appears. It will disable autologin and you can choose between your accounts.”. The timing of when you push shift does different things in the startup process. '...you can't use DVD Player, capture video in iMovie, use audio input or output devices, or use an internal or external USB modem. The behavior of some devices such as an AirPort card may vary depending on computer and Mac OS X version.
Safe Mode in Mac OS X v10.5 or later also disables Quartz Extreme (hardware accelerated graphics). Applications that depend on Quartz Extreme will not open, and the Mac OS X menu bar will appear solid even if 'Translucent Menu Bar' is enabled in Desktop & Screen Saver preferences.
Safe Mode in Mac OS X v10.6 or later also disables File Sharing access. This means you will not be able to mount Time Capsule disks or volumes being served by other computers running Mac OS X.'
Full article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564
- Holding shift from approximately the 'Chime' will boot you into safe mode.
- Holding shift from the blue screen will temporarily disable autologin.
- Holding shift from immediately after login will disable login items.
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That is good to know. I have mine set to boot verbosely so I'm not sure if I get that blue screen before the login window. I'm sure going to test it out though! Thanks!
On a side note related to the idea of, 'To Catch a Thief,' I have an automatic login to a guest account (only), at boot, which also launches a browser as a login item. Browser is set at full screen display to, say, Google News, in order to distract viewer and to capture a nice picture, via the built in camera, as s/he uses the Mac to read the news AFTER I've notified (in my case) GadgetTrak which activates the Mac cam & tracking SW. I do like the idea of bypassing my 'trap' with the hint provided here and will watch for more defining information to develop.
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This is a useful hint. However, I want to point out that prey, an open source laptop recovery software doesn't need anyone to be logged in in order to function as it runs as a root process in the background on OS X and Linux. This includes the ability to connect to open wifi, etc. What is most useful is not that it allows prey or similar software to run, but that it creates an automatic honeypot for anyone booting your computer. It would probably be a good idea to include a payload as a startup item for the limited account (for instance, a script that 'Activates' your laptop as stolen. Finally, I suggest setting the efi password on your laptop. This will prevent someone who 'knows what they are doing' from simply bypassing your bootup, honeypot, and anti-theft software and wiping the drive.