MacOS – Screen saver no longer asks for a password

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I'm using a MacBook Air 13" mid 2012 with Yosemite 10.10.3, it rebooted itself this morning without a reason and since then the screen saver is no longer asking for a password on unlock.

This is a great security flaw but I can't find a solution, I've tried modifying the security option by unchecking and checking everything again but it just does not work.

Anyone had this issue and know how to fix it? I use the device for work so it must always ask for a password before unlocking.

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I've tried using backups and it did not solve the issues, after 3 reboots the problem disappeared without changing anything at all.

I don't know the reason or why it fixed itself with just several reboots, but seems a good solution.

I hope someone will discover the cause and a proper solution.

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MacOS – Disable screensaver password requirement from command line

If you are not forced to use defaults write you can use the following command. It interacts with the OS the same as if you were to utilize System Preferences.

TESTED ON:

10.5.x
10.6.x
10.7.x
10.8.x
10.9.x

sudo osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set require password to wake of security preferences to false'

NOTE: If the command is being run inside of a script that has been given root privileges you would not need the sudo.

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set require password to wake of security preferences to false'

How to make Safari remember the password for sites where autocomplete=off

The "autocomplete" extension in the third link works for me.

Here is a step-by-step recipe on how to install it, for others who may run into this:

Launch Safari. In the menubar, click on Safari >> Preferences. Under the Advanced pane, tick the box labelled "Show Develop menu in menu bar" at the bottom.
In the Safari menubar, you should now see Develop. Click on Develop, then click on "Enable Extensions".
Download the extension from here: http://lapcatsoftware.com/downloads/autocomplete.safariextz
In your downloads folder, click on the file that you just downloaded. Safari will ask you whether you want to install this extension. Say yes.

Now you're good to go!

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