There are a few things I’m not understanding regarding automatic login and automatic restart.
1. If automatic login is enabled, can’t anyone have unfettered access to your computer simply by restarting it when you’re not around?
2. Isn’t automatic restart (due to freeze or power failure) only useful if your computer is not password protected and/or has automatic login enabled—both of which leave the computer completely vulnerable when you’re not around? Is automatic restart mainly meant for some other function that doesn’t require logging in that I’m not aware of?
3. Are these features simply not meant to be useful for people who want their computers to be password protected when they’re not around? Isn’t that most people?
4. Is there no way to automatically start login items/applications, say after a power failure, while the computer is still under the security of a password? If not, is there a logical or technological limitation that prevents this?
I’m very curious about #1-3, but #4 is really what I’m getting at. I leave my Mac Mini running 24/7 as a file server that can be accessed remotely. Freezes and power interruptions are an infrequent but problematic occurrence as it causes me to lose remote access until I can return home. Very problematic if I’m on a trip. I have a UPS that will keep the computer going during short power outages, but long outages or UPS failure and computer freezes remain problems, as I want my computer always password protected when I’m not around.
1. If automatic login is enabled, can’t anyone have unfettered access to your computer simply by restarting it when you’re not around?
2. Isn’t automatic restart (due to freeze or power failure) only useful if your computer is not password protected and/or has automatic login enabled—both of which leave the computer completely vulnerable when you’re not around? Is automatic restart mainly meant for some other function that doesn’t require logging in that I’m not aware of?
3. Are these features simply not meant to be useful for people who want their computers to be password protected when they’re not around? Isn’t that most people?
4. Is there no way to automatically start login items/applications, say after a power failure, while the computer is still under the security of a password? If not, is there a logical or technological limitation that prevents this?
I’m very curious about #1-3, but #4 is really what I’m getting at. I leave my Mac Mini running 24/7 as a file server that can be accessed remotely. Freezes and power interruptions are an infrequent but problematic occurrence as it causes me to lose remote access until I can return home. Very problematic if I’m on a trip. I have a UPS that will keep the computer going during short power outages, but long outages or UPS failure and computer freezes remain problems, as I want my computer always password protected when I’m not around.