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Part 1 of 2:
Requiring a Password
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Images 1 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Open the Apple Menu. Do so by clicking on the apple icon in the upper-left corner of the screen. -
Images 2 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on System Preferences. It's near the top of the drop-down menu. -
Images 3 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on Security & Privacy. It's a vault icon near the top of the dialog box. -
Images 4 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on General. It's a tab at the top of the dialog box. -
Images 5 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click the padlock icon. It's in the lower-left corner of the dialog box. -
Images 6 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Enter an admin username and password. If you haven't set a password for your Mac, follow these instructions to do so. -
Images 7 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Check "Require password." It's near the top of the dialog box. -
Images 8 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on the drop-down menu next to "Require password." -
Images 9 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on immediately. It's the first option in the drop-down menu. -
Images 10 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on the Apple Menu. It's in the upper-left corner of screen. -
Images 11 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on Sleep. It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Your Mac will go to sleep and you'll have to enter your password to access it again.- You'll also have to log-in with your password anytime you power on or restart your Mac.
Part 2 of 2:
Using the Keychain Shortcut
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Images 12 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Go to Finder. Do so by clicking on the dark and light blue, square icon that contains a smiley face, or by clicking on the background image on your desktop. -
Images 13 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on Go. It's in the menu bar at the top-left part of the screen. -
Images 14 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on Utilities. It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu. -
Images 15 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Scroll down and double-click on Keychain Access. It's next to a keychain icon. -
Images 16 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on Keychain Access. It's in the menu bar in the top-left corner of the screen. -
Images 17 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on Preferences. It's near the top of the drop-down menu. -
Images 18 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on General. It's a tab at the top of the dialog box. -
Images 19 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Check "Show keychain status in menu bar." It's near the top of the dialog box.- A padlock icon will appear on the right side of the menu bar at the top of the screen.
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Images 20 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on the padlock icon. It's on the right side of the menu bar at the top of the screen. -
Images 21 of How to Lock a Mac Computer Click on Lock Screen. It's at the top of the drop-down menu. The screen will go to sleep, and you'll have to enter your log-in password to access your Mac.- Use this shortcut anytime you want to quickly lock your Mac.
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