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28 4. Click the the Change Password button. By setting a strong password you’ve protected your personal data from unauthorized access. Locking the Computer Screen If you want to stay logged in to your computer while you are away from it, but need to prevent others from using it, you can lock the screen. When you return to the computer, type your login name and password to continue working. Require authentication to wake your computer: 1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, and then click General. 2. Select “Require password... after sleep or screen saver begins.” You can adjust the length of the delay before a password is required in the pop-up menu. Locking the screen doesn’t prevent other users from turning off the computer and restarting it, and then logging in to their own account. If you think this could happen, be sure to save your work before you leave your computer. To lock your screen quickly when fast user switching is enabled, choose Login Window from the menu with your user name at the top-right of the screen. Your applications will remain open and undisturbed, but your computer will be locked.
Disabling Automatic Login If your computer starts up without displaying the login window, it’s set up to log in to a specified user account automatically. When a computer is shared by multiple users, it’s best to set up a unique account for each user and disable automatic login. Using separate accounts protects each user’s information and makes the computer more secure. Important: Because automatic login allows anyone to access your Mac simply by restarting it, disable automatic login to keep your computer secure. If automatic login is enabled, make sure the computer does not automatically log in to an account with administrator privileges. Turn off automatic login: 1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Users & Groups. 2. Click the lock icon to unlock it, and then type an administrator name and password. 3. Click Login Options. 4. Choose Off from the “Automatic login” pop-up menu. The next time you start up your computer, the login window will appear and a user name and password will be required to log in. System Security Security goes beyond setting passwords and encrypting data. OS X supports additional methods to secure the system itself. FileVault encrypts the contents of a volume. Setting a firmware password helps prevent circumvention of the OS-level security through an unauthorized boot device. Antivirus protection helps insure that any viruses that might come from other operating systems on the network won’t threaten your data. FileVault You can use FileVault to protect the files on your disk from being seen or copied. FileVault disk encryption encodes the information stored on your disk so it can’t be read unless the login password is entered. If you store sensitive information on your computer, you should consider using FileVault disk encryption. For example, if you carry all your company’s financial data on your portable computer, losing it could allow someone to access sensitive data that might hurt your business. If you’re logged out of your account when your computer is lost but the data is encrypted, your information is protected. The disk encryption in Mac OS X uses the government-approved encryption standard, the Advanced Encryption Standard with 128-bit keys (AES-128). When you turn on FileVault, you’re given a recovery key. An administrator can use the recovery key as a safety measure to unlock the disk if the administrator’s login password is forgotten. 29
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Page 33 and 34: Reset a firmware password: To reset
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Page 45 and 46: Configuring iChat Before you use iC
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