![]() After all, I think it’s much better to have to enter your password or use your fingerprint than to have your Mac just sitting out there, all alone, without even your password to protect it. I’d set whichever event you’d like to happen (sleep or a screen saver) to be a fairly short interval, and then change that “Require password after sleep or screen saver begins” option to “immediately” as I’ve done above. You see, if you tell your Mac to require a password immediately after sleep or your screen saver starts but neither of those things is configured to happen for, say, an hour, then I think that’s a bit of a security risk. Click the pop-up menu and choose the time that passes before a password is required. Select Require password after sleep or screen saver begins. You’ll want to be sure to check the sleep settings at System Preferences > Energy Saver AND the time limit at System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver (under the “Screen Saver” tab). Not sure if you set it in the correct place, but the setting should be at: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, then click General. Select that box, choose how much time you’d like to make your Mac wait before it locks, and then you’re done, right? Well, not exactly. ![]() Pick the “General” tab from there, and then the setting we’re looking for will be staring you in the face-it’s labeled “Require password after sleep or screen saver begins.” …then when that launches, choose the “Security & Privacy” pane.
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