Requiring password when restoring from sleep or screensaver

How do you require a password to be entered when restoring from sleep or screen saver?

Keith Sirmons

Posted 2009-07-22T04:34:32.613

Reputation: 197

Suggestion: specify "when waking from sleep or screensaver" (or something to that effect) in the title. – jtbandes – 2009-07-22T04:48:26.200

Answers

It's an option in the Security preferences:

Security prefs

jtbandes

Posted 2009-07-22T04:34:32.613

Reputation: 8 350

Click the Apple icon at the top left of the screen on the menu bar.
Click "System Preferences...".
Click to Open "Security".

Check "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver"

Keith Sirmons

Posted 2009-07-22T04:34:32.613

Reputation: 197

Is there a reason you answered your own question? Is it because you figured it out already? – jtbandes – 2009-07-22T04:48:56.387

I figured it out after I asked but didn't refresh the answers before I answered it. Thanks. – Keith Sirmons – 2009-07-22T05:07:48.133

There isn't anything wrong with answering your own question. Of course, it'd be best to hit refresh first. – derobert – 2009-07-22T05:20:25.327

System Preferences -> Security -> Check "Require password to take this computer from sleep or screen saver"

John T

Posted 2009-07-22T04:34:32.613

Reputation: 149 037

User Preferences->Security->General tab. Contains check boxes for "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" and "Disable automatic login."

Richard Hoskins

Posted 2009-07-22T04:34:32.613

Reputation: 10 260