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Any way to turn off filevault requiring password on sleep?

Currently Filevault has the rather annoying compulsory security feature that it overrides the preferences for requiring password on wake from sleep or screensaver. This means that every time my screen goes dark I have to enter my password to get back in, which is a real annoyance for me as I tend to work in little batches so I'm entering the password 20 or 30 times a day or I waste energy by setting it to never turn the display off.


My concern for using Filevault is to guard against theft of the machine ( and the data on it) when the building is unoccupied - I have no concerns about other people using when I'm there so sleep password is an annoyance and nothing more.


Does anyone know of a way to force Lion to pay attention to the setting in the Security preference panel and NOT require the password after display sleep?


Thanks.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Aug 28, 2011 2:54 AM

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Posted on Aug 28, 2011 4:15 AM

Partial solution -

Not sure if the behaviour has changed in 10.7.1 from 10.7.0, but now although I still can't turn off the requirement for a password the option to delay asking for one does seem to be working now, so I can select the option to delay for 4 hours, which is at least a lot less annoying

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Aug 28, 2011 4:15 AM in response to JM m

Partial solution -

Not sure if the behaviour has changed in 10.7.1 from 10.7.0, but now although I still can't turn off the requirement for a password the option to delay asking for one does seem to be working now, so I can select the option to delay for 4 hours, which is at least a lot less annoying

Aug 28, 2011 6:44 AM in response to Barney-15E

Unfortunately the OS classes the 'sleep display' option in the Energy preference pane as a screensaver.


I could turn off the sleep display and set it never to sleep, but that seems rather wasteful on the electricity bills and I also find the blank screen can help when you're working as it's not distracting

Any way to turn off filevault requiring password on sleep?

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