Display login window as name and password

[Ambrosia7177]

In System Preferences, under Users & Groups there is an option called "Display login window as".

If you choose "Name and password" then when you turn on your Mac, you should only see a two field form asking for your username and password.

This provides a little extra privacy in that someone using or nearby the computer can't determine very user account on your computer.

I'm sure I used this on my old MBP and it worked, but when I try it on my Retina running Sierra, I still see a list of user accounts and their avatars when I start up my Mac.

Is this a bug, or did I configure things incorrectly?

 

[DeltaMac]

That's normal for login to a Filevault-ed drive.
When your Mac boots from a Filevault-enabled, encrypted drive, it uses a special EFI boot process, instead of the normal macOS login.
The login window will show a list of usernames for accounts that are authorized (through your Security & Privacy pref pane) to unlock the FileVault drive
The login window does not show ALL accounts, unless you enable all users in the Security & Privacy pane. You can disable users in that pane that you don't want to show in the login window.

 

[Ambrosia7177]

That's normal for login to a Filevault-ed drive.
When your Mac boots from a Filevault-enabled, encrypted drive, it uses a special EFI boot process, instead of the normal macOS login.
The login window will show a list of usernames for accounts that are authorized (through your Security & Privacy pref pane) to unlock the FileVault drive
The login window does not show ALL accounts, unless you enable all users in the Security & Privacy pane. You can disable users in that pane that you don't want to show in the login window.

Is that a bug or is it supposed to work that way?

 

[DeltaMac]

Yes, that's how the login works in FileVault...
When you restart, it needs to unlock the drive, so you see the list of users that are allowed to unlock the drive.
After you are booted up, and, say, done with your session, you can log out. THEN, the log in screen will ask for both username and password (the way that you prefer), if you have set it for that.
It's a normal part of using FileVault. If you shutdown/restart, the first login would again show the list of users allowed to unlock the drive.
I THINK you can set different passwords for unlock, and user login.

 

[macsforever]

Yes, that's how the login works in FileVault...
When you restart, it needs to unlock the drive, so you see the list of users that are allowed to unlock the drive.
After you are booted up, and, say, done with your session, you can log out. THEN, the log in screen will ask for both username and password (the way that you prefer), if you have set it for that.
It's a normal part of using FileVault. If you shutdown/restart, the first login would again show the list of users allowed to unlock the drive.
I THINK you can set different passwords for unlock, and user login.

Boy oh boy... I don’t think FV is good unless you work for the NSA because one little symbol forgotten, your data is toast he he...
People forget these things sometimes and there’s no function to “did you forget your password”??? FV makes sure nobody will ever get into the drive and real-time encryption/decryption puts a performance hit on your machine.

 

[Weaselboy]

Boy oh boy... I don’t think FV is good unless you work for the NSA because one little symbol forgotten, your data is toast he he...

People forget these things sometimes and there’s no function to “did you forget your password”???

When you set it up it gives you the option of creating a recovery code. Then you can just print that out and lock it away somewhere.

FV makes sure nobody will ever get into the drive and real-time encryption/decryption puts a performance hit on your machine.

On newer Macs it really is not noticeable.

 

[macsforever]

When you set it up it gives you the option of creating a recovery code. Then you can just print that out and lock it away somewhere.



On newer Macs it really is not noticeable.

Except if you’re an audio or video professional.
If I’m tracking 20 channels of audio then you don’t want to use it. Maybe on your user account if you’re in photoshop but I wouldn’t use it for serious work where high I/O throughput is required...

 

[tuannguyen]

i just got problem too, but after fews trying i got into mac now, just remember exact your username and password. especialy username like: David Le... not david le or davidle you know what i meant