Hi, Two cautions with using the Power button method. If you put your Mac to sleep, then those apps also go to sleep. I could be mistaken on the iMac, as I am not near one at the moment to confirm, but, on my MBP, you need to hold down the power button for about 3 to 4 seconds to get this behaviour in Mavericks.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 17, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Agent086b <agent0...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi, > if this is an iMac assuming you have checked the checkbox referred to below > to require a password after sleep. You can press the power button once and > that will put it to sleep. > Max > > On 18 Feb 2014, at 3:41 pm, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Frank, >> >> Two ways you can deal with this. First, in the Security & Privacy pane in >> System Prefs, make sure that the checkbox for requiring a password after >> Sleep or Screensaver is checked. This behaviour is normally on by default >> in Mountain Lion and Mavericks but if, for some reason, it is not, then >> checking this box will make it so that your computer locks itself after a >> few minutes and consequently requires a password to get back in. All >> running apps remain active. The second method is accomplished by turning on >> Fast User Switching in the Users & Groups pane of System Prefs. Interact >> with the Users, Groups and Login Options list, navigate down to the Login >> Options item, Stop Interacting with the list, then navigate to the checkbox >> for "Show Fast User Switching as", and check that box. This will place >> another menu in the Menu Extras area whereby you can either quickly switch >> to another user or choose Login Screen to lock up your machine. >> >> You may also like to note that when using OS X Server, the Server app and >> many other functions remain running even when you log off. >> >> HTH. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Feb 17, 2014, at 8:59 PM, Frank Ventura <frank.vent...@littlebreezes.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, here is a really stupid and simplistic question. With the Mac >>> running, how can I lock the screen, as to require a PW to unlock, without >>> quitting the running programs? I need to secure the Mac but keep the >>> running apps going. >>> Frank >>> >>> - > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
