Describes a time where the screen of a device is powered off. There may be background processes running, but they aren't visible to the user. Typically a hardware button must be pressed to deactivate the screen lock.
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Creating New Keyboard Shortcots fur Lock Screen and Spotlight search
I know the defaults:
control+shift+power : Lock screen
command+space : Spotlight
I do NOT want to change these -- they must continue to work.
However, due to severely ingrained muscle memory and ...
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0answers
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3G “on sleep” when iPhone 3Gs (5.1.1) locked
I have a jailbroken iPhone 3GS running on 5.1.1.
When I use 3G cellular and the phone is locked, I don't receive push notifications (from the apps that need internet for push notifications) and my ...
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3answers
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Change lockscreen date language iOS 6
When I first configured my new iPod touch 5th gen, I put "English" for iOS language. I then switched iOS to "Français (Canada)" in the General Settings/International. Everything look fine except one ...
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0answers
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Coming out of screen-lock, sometimes my machine will sleep/lock 30 seconds after
I haven't pinpointed any potential triggers yet, but sometimes when I come out of sleep or from having a locked screen, after typing my password in and re-entering the OS, about 20 or 30 seconds ...
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1answer
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Is there anyway to lock an iphone to avoid my toddler from leaving his video? [duplicate]
I have a toddler iphone app that plays short videos. He loves it and its great to give to him in the car, etc but the one issue is that he keeps hitting the home button and i have to start the app up ...
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1answer
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On iPhone, Gmail “new email” notifications keep appearing in lock screen?
On my iPhone, for the Gmail app, I sometimes get "new email" notifications on my lock screen that were from hours ago even when I cleared them (I unlocked the device after they appeared).
Even when ...
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0answers
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How to Instantly Lock your Mac OS X Screen, using keyboard, in Mountain Lion [duplicate]
I have a Macbook Air, and I want to know if there is a way to instantly lock my screen, using only my keyboard.
I saw that it is possible to lock it using the following shortcut: Control+Shift+Eject.
...
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1answer
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Transparent locked screen
On my iMac, I keep a lot of supervision windows (displaying alarms
and trends).
These windows lead to priviledged access to very sensitive equipments.
I would like to protect this iMac from any ...
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9answers
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Lock Screen Command One-Liner
I'm trying to find out whether there is any kind of equivalent command line one-liner which replicates the exact identical functionality of the 'Lock Screen' menu option available via the Keychain app ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to remove Emergency call feature on the lock screen?
Is it possible to remove this feature? It's really annoying when you miss-click on it. Since my iPhone lags a lot this happens too often.
iOS version: 4.2.1
iPhone: 3G
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2answers
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Prevent Adium logout when locking screen on OSX 10.8.2
Since upgrading to OSX 10.8.2 from 10.6.x I find that when I lock the screen Adium logs out. Upon unlocking screen Adium logs back in.
It used to just set to away when screen locked and I have ...
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1answer
245 views
Disable screen lock when in certain location
Is there a way to disable the screen lock on my Mac, only when certain conditions are met? I'm looking for a way to have it stop locking when connected my home network (i.e. at home)
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1answer
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iPhone autolock feature doesn't work
My iPhone 4 doesn't lock automaticaly anymore. It seems that it is since iOS 6 update.
Is it a known bug? someone has noticed this problem? or is there a parameter or something that might be the ...
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2answers
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Macbook air: Close lid and lock features
I wonder if there is some way to customize the lock screen feature of my macbook air (running Mountain Lion) in such a way that:
1: When I close the lid, and then open it, the screen is not locked ...
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1answer
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How to lock MacBook with a keyboard shortcut? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a quick way to lock my Mac?
I am familiar with using Automator, but I do not know what code should be used to accomplish the feature. Can anyone provide the ...
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0answers
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How to script detecting locked screen/login session?
I am looking a way for a script (either bash or AppleScript, doesn't matter) to detect whether the state of either the screen or the user login session is locked or not (i.e. the user will need to ...
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1answer
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How can I change the lock screen background image in Lion 10.7.4?
With Lion, I know that, in order to change the lock screen background image, I have to change
...
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votes
3answers
494 views
scheduled account lock Mac OS X
You can set your Mac OS X account to automatically lock the screen so that the password is required after a certain amount of time of inactivity, but can you do the same thing using a schedule (say at ...
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2answers
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Customize Lock Screen
When I lock my screen, sometimes it shows my iTunes library, other times it shows a screensaver, and other times it shows photos.
I don't want it to do any of these things, I'd like it to just show ...
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4answers
274 views
What functionality of iOS can be accessed from the lock screen?
I know that in iOS, several parts of the iDevice's functionality can be accessed from the lock screen. This is useful when you don't want to fumble with a password.
But now I'm starting to wonder: ...
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1answer
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Lock & Unlock the screen via WLAN - Keyboard
I use Synergy to share my mouse and keyboard across different computers.
Now i want to lock and unlock the screen of my mac. I have activated corners, so when i move my mouse at the left corner of ...
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votes
1answer
306 views
Password lock for shut down screen
I just got my iPhone stolen and the first thing they did was shut it off. I have a new iPhone and I noticed you have to slide it to power off. Yes, I had no idea. I owned my last phone three weeks. My ...
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1answer
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Can I lock my screen with a keyboard shortcut? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a quick way to lock my Mac?
I'm running OS X 10.7.3
Currently I've found what looks like 2 possible solutions:
Hot corner(s) setup in the "Desktop & ...
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3answers
884 views
Can I add personal info to my iPod touch's lock screen?
My dad just got a new iPod Touch, and he'd like to add his personal info to the lock screen. If possible, how do I do this (without jailbreaking)?
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1answer
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Locked out of Mac OS X Lion, but keyboard and mouse are not connecting
I'm at the lock screen of Mac OS X Lion (not login, but the quick lock screen), and I know my password, but the keyboard and mouse are not connecting. I am using an iMac that did have Bluetooth on ...
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0answers
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iPod Nano 2G Screen Randomly Turns Itself On While Locked
I have a 5 year old, excellent condition, iPod Nano 2G 8GB. While sitting on my desk with the Lock switch Locked, it will randomly turn the screen on for 5-10 seconds, randomly every couple hours. ...
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1answer
1k views
Can I show a 24-Hour clock on my Mac's Lock Screen?
I just got a MacBook Pro, and different from my iMac is that I'll be using the lock-screen much more on this one.
I noticed that in the upper right corner of the lock screen, the time is shown, but ...
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2answers
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iPad not reacting to screen orientation - screen lock
How do I correct the "screen lock" on my iPad?
I used to be able to turn the unit a quarter turn and the screen would adjust to my movement. Now it is somehow "Locked".
How can this be fixed?
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1answer
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How to get back the “Login Window…” icon in the menu bar?
Once I've upgraded to Lion I had a new icon on my Menu Bar next to Spotlight. It was an outline of a mugshot similar like one of the Guest account.
When I clicked on that icon I was able to select ...
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votes
1answer
372 views
Lock Screen Screenshots
I want to take a screenshot of my Lion lock screen to highlight the new circular user portraits.
Is there an easy way to take a screenshot of the OS X lock screen?
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1answer
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Does Lion allow locking screen on computer sleep and screen saver but not display sleep?
In Leopard, you can configure it so that a password is required when waking the system from computer sleep (i.e. close the lid) or returning from the screen saver, but not display sleep. This allowed ...
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Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook that lack eject keys?
The new MacBook Air and Pro without optical drives lack an Eject key.
I use Ctrl + Shift + Eject a lot to put my display to sleep at the simple press of three keys. Without the Eject key being there ...
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votes
1answer
1k views
Prevent maximum screen brightness in lockscreen?
I've set my screen brightness to about 50%. This works fine for me, except that the setting seems to be ignored while displaying the lockscreen while being charged: then it's 100%. I've got a desktop ...
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votes
4answers
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Prevent shutting down iPhone when passcode lock is on
If my iPhone is stolen and the thief shut the phone down, I wouldn't be able to locate it anymore.
Is it possible to disable the possibility to shut down the phone when a passcode lock is set up?
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votes
2answers
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How can I show the login window after a period of inactivity?
How can I make my Mac display the login screen (as though I'd selected "Login window" from the fast user switching menu) after the session has been idle for a certain time?
I can make it log out ...
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2answers
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Lock screen on mac? w/o enabling “require password after sleep” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a quick way to lock my Mac?
I want to be able to lock my screen on Mac, much the way Windows+l does on windows. I do not want to have to put in a password each ...
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votes
1answer
290 views
Avoid iPhone lock on iPod sleep
Is there a way to prevent the iPhone from locking when "Sleep iPod" is activated as a timer?
I have this alarm clock app (SleepCycle) that needs to be running on an unlocked iPhone to pick up ...
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3answers
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How can I unlock my screen when my input is in a different language?
I have 3 languages installed and everytime my MacBook goes to sleep - the screen is being locked. After entering a password, system says that it's incorrect. It appears, that I'm entering password not ...
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16answers
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Is there a quick way to lock my Mac?
On Windows you can hit the keys Windows+L to lock your computer if you step away.
I don't want to have to remember if sleep currently asks for a password, if there is a time out where my screen isn't ...
