Why dose my iMac close down after screen save comes on

Why dose my iMac close down after screen save comes on. It docent close down but when I awaken it from the screen save I have to enter the password again.

Posted on Oct 10, 2020 1:04 AM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2020 5:40 AM

hi george,

i would guess that your mac closes down because of settings you selected in the System Preferences>Energy saver tab.


it likely asks for password after screen saver because of your selected settings in SystemPreferences>Security & Privacy tab.


good luck.

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Oct 10, 2020 5:40 AM in response to George Hilton

hi george,

i would guess that your mac closes down because of settings you selected in the System Preferences>Energy saver tab.


it likely asks for password after screen saver because of your selected settings in SystemPreferences>Security & Privacy tab.


good luck.

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