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marti_nius Author

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login without password

Hello, I have trouble, that I can login to my profil without password when I switch iMac on. If I change to user than it ask for password. Has anyone same experience and any advice how to fix it ?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Feb 6, 2021 2:27 PM

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Jack-19

Level 8

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Posted on Feb 6, 2021 2:30 PM

Hi marti_nius,

This would be because in System Preferences > Security & Privacy, Disable Automatic Login is OFF.

You can enable it to always require a password upon startup.

You always need a password when switching user accounts, unless that user account has no password set.

Cheers,

Jack

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