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May 25, 2016 6:24 AM in response to AJScottby dominic23,There is no way to do that at present.
Turn FileVault on for security.
Entrust the recovery key with Apple.
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May 25, 2016 6:36 AM in response to dominic23by AJScott,So your telling me that we have iMessage that is built into the iMac. That no one has bothered to make a program or a script to preform tthat task??
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May 25, 2016 6:40 AM in response to AJScottby Meg St._Clair,If you put a password on your user account, no one can log into it without that.
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May 25, 2016 6:48 AM in response to Meg St._Clairby AJScott,im pretty sure that they know my password. the whole point is to catch them in there act. True I could just look at the logs but if I'm out of state. Then, I won't be able to see if anyone gets on.
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May 25, 2016 6:49 AM in response to AJScottby cdhw,You may be able to achieve what you want with a 'login script'. Such matters are discussed in this forum
You can also use the 'last' command in Terminal.app to list the dates and times of logins and logouts.
The best method to deal with your problem is as suggested by dominic23, i.e. encrypt your hard drive and change your password to one that only you know. You can use the standard sharing and permissions mechanisms to grant controlled access to your files by others.
C.
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May 25, 2016 7:18 AM in response to AJScottby Meg St._Clair,AJScott wrote:
im pretty sure that they know my password. the whole point is to catch them in there act. True I could just look at the logs but if I'm out of state. Then, I won't be able to see if anyone gets on.
Change the password.
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May 25, 2016 7:19 AM in response to AJScottby BobTheFisherman,AJScott wrote:
im pretty sure that they know my password. the whole point is to catch them in there act. True I could just look at the logs but if I'm out of state. Then, I won't be able to see if anyone gets on.
Change your password. Lock up your computer while you are out of state.
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May 25, 2016 7:34 AM in response to AJScottby VikingOSX,The simplest thing that you can do is change your password, and not use something that is easily guessed. Then don't give it to anyone, and don't store it on a piece of paper that can be discovered on the refrigerator, or under your keyboard.
If they are a family member, create a separate, non-Administrator account, and if they are a juvenile, make it a parental controls account.
No scripts to write and test. No text messages necessary. No one but you accessing your account.
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May 25, 2016 7:38 AM in response to cdhwby VikingOSX,A script like this.
From Terminal: mylog.sh May
#!/bin/bash
month="$@"
user="$(whoami)"
# suppress printing columns 2 and 3 of last command output
# sort date time elapsed time fields
last | grep ${user} | awk -v m=${month} '$4 ~ m {$2=$3="";print $0 | "sort -k10,37"}' | more
exit 0
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May 25, 2016 8:08 AM in response to VikingOSXby AJScott,Very nice
Only question is:
Can you tie that into iMessage?
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May 25, 2016 11:03 AM in response to AJScottby AJScott,Not too sure if Apple released the API for iMassage. If not, would a Third party SMS work?