Require password after sleep or screensaver...

in leopard, it was in the security pref pane

Under security there is a choice for how long after screen saver, etc, to wait before prompting for the password.

Just change it to 1 hour, 4 hours, etc, and it should not prompt you for the password unless you are away for a long time.

I'm after this option too since I used it in Leopard. I'm surprised to see that it's disappeared in Snow Leopard unless I've missed it somewhere?

Just upgraded to SL and this is really annoying me too. I want the behavior from Leopard back. It was fine the way it was.

Here's a Macrumors Post from last year that looks like it may do what you want...

Hope this helps!

System Preference > Security > uncheck Require password

try that to see if it helps.

GoKyu said:

Here's a Macrumors Post from last year that looks like it may do what you want...

Hope this helps!

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The answer to the original post in that thread is available in Leopard's 'System Preferences' in the 'Security' section where you could enable your Mac to ask for your password after the screen sleeps. This not after the screen saver has been on which occurs before the screen sleeps.

In Snow Leopard, the preference has been changed to only after the screen saver has been on. As a result, this causes annoyance since your Mac would ask for your password more often since the screen saver always occurs before the screen sleeps. There's no preference in Snow Leopard to only ask your password after the screen sleeps

If the above post is confusing, please feel free to ask me to try and clarify it

RMXO said:

System Preference > Security > uncheck Require password

try that to see if it helps.

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Unfortunately, this preference makes your Mac easier to obtain information in your Keychain and therefore does not help those who are complaining in this thread

So there is no way to have Snow Leopard require password ONLY after sleep, but NOT after screensaver, like it was possible in Leopard???