MacBook not asking for password after waking from "shut down."
I have MacBook Pro 2019, Ventura 13.5.1.
At home, I've set Apple System Settings/Lock Screen to ">8 hrs "... which works fine, as it should: lid down > 8 hrs, password is required, excellent.
HOWEVER, big problem: whenever I've actually "shut down" my computer - say, to go somewhere - when I then re-open the lid, I am NOT asked for a password. No matter how many hours/days it's been. The computer wakes up when the lid opens, and presto everything's just right there in plain view. No password required.
Not good.
What do I need to do to make sure that when this computer wakes up - after being purposefully "shut down" - it requires a password?
More details:
I have read the earlier responses to this question (several years old) - which gave instructions for going to Apple Settings/Security and Privacy/General, and then selecting Disable Automatic Login.
But I don't have a "Security and Privacy" setting; I have a "Privacy and Security" setting, and it doesn't have a General section, and it doesn't mention log-in/lock screen options at all.
There's a separate General section, but it has nothing about those topics either.
Instead, in my System Settings menu, I have a stand-alone Lock Screen section, but this doesn't include a "Disable Automatic Log-in" option (as mentioned in the older solutions to this problem).
It does have the setting for "Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off," with a drop-down menu, but the clock options range from "Immediately" up to "8 hrs," and then there's a "Never."
The thing is, when I "shut down" my computer, I'm trying for extra security (and to save battery). Instead, this step seems to temporarily erase my "Require Password" selection (8 hrs) - to a default of "Never," on wakeup (how does that make any sense?) - in effect "shut down" just makes it so that anyone who steals my laptop can just open the lid and sail away, with all my everything right there on a platter.
(btw, aside from skipping the first "awakening," the Lock Screen resets to functioning as selected)
Does anyone have a workaround to suggest?
Thanks so much!
BK
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.5
