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OS X Tip: Lock That Screen
Before I started working day-to-day in a collaborative office environment, I never thought about security. Whenever I left my office, I would simply get up and go; allowing my PowerMac to naturally fall asleep to save energy. But when you’re developing web content, and have all kinds of keychains unlocked and auto-fill form data in your web browsers, leaving your machine open to a floor full of people isn’t a smart idea. Sure, I doubt anyone would really try to do anything malicious, like erase the root directory or buy a plasma screen off bestbuy.com, but you never know.
To my surprise, turns out OS X has native screen-locking built-in; though you wouldn’t know unless you dug around. To enable it, open your Keychain Access utility in the Applications / Utility folder. Under the “View” menu at the top, select “Show Status in Menu Bar.” A black padlock will appear in your taskbar in the upper right-hand corner. Close Keychain Access. Now when you click on the padlock, you have a “Lock Screen” option in the drop-down. Selecting it will cause your screen to fade to black and engage your screen saver. Click any key to open a login / password dialog box, and you’re back in.
You can also require a password every time your screen saver is disengaged in the “Activation” tab of your Screen Effects preference window, but then you would have to enter your password each and every time your screen saver engages, like when you’re on the phone, working on another machine, etc. With the above keychain / taskbar method, you only turn on protection when you know you’ll be away from your Mac for an extended period of time - like at lunch or overnight.
Besides, you never need to shut down or restart your Mac because OS X is built on Unix…right? Right?
To my surprise, turns out OS X has native screen-locking built-in; though you wouldn’t know unless you dug around. To enable it, open your Keychain Access utility in the Applications / Utility folder. Under the “View” menu at the top, select “Show Status in Menu Bar.” A black padlock will appear in your taskbar in the upper right-hand corner. Close Keychain Access. Now when you click on the padlock, you have a “Lock Screen” option in the drop-down. Selecting it will cause your screen to fade to black and engage your screen saver. Click any key to open a login / password dialog box, and you’re back in.
You can also require a password every time your screen saver is disengaged in the “Activation” tab of your Screen Effects preference window, but then you would have to enter your password each and every time your screen saver engages, like when you’re on the phone, working on another machine, etc. With the above keychain / taskbar method, you only turn on protection when you know you’ll be away from your Mac for an extended period of time - like at lunch or overnight.
Besides, you never need to shut down or restart your Mac because OS X is built on Unix…right? Right?
Friday, August 13, 2004
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Fixup protocol explanations
Cisco PIX Firewalls: Fixups, Failover, and DHCP: "SCCP telephony protocol support at the app layer to ensure that SCCP signaling and media packets can traverse the PIX and interoperate with H.323 terminals."
Cisco PIX Firewalls: Fixups, Failover, and DHCP: "SCCP telephony protocol support at the app layer to ensure that SCCP signaling and media packets can traverse the PIX and interoperate with H.323 terminals."
Friday, June 04, 2004
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Hummingbird thread on NTF
Hummingbird Hunters' Clubhouse: Nikon Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
Hummingbird Hunters' Clubhouse: Nikon Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
How to backup an Excahnge 2000 Server with Windows 2000 Backup
Backing up Exchange 2000 using Windows 2000 Backup
Backing up Exchange 2000 using Windows 2000 Backup
Manchester is acquired... hope this is not bad news for us... :-/
CRN : Daily Archives : ePlus Acquires Assets Of Manchester Technologies In Supply Chain Strategy : 4:16 PM EST Tues., June 01, 2004
CRN : Daily Archives : ePlus Acquires Assets Of Manchester Technologies In Supply Chain Strategy : 4:16 PM EST Tues., June 01, 2004
Easy way to get your current IP address
myIPaddress.com: What is my IP address? How do I find my IP address?
myIPaddress.com: What is my IP address? How do I find my IP address?
Saturday, May 29, 2004
The Original Tipping Page - Top
The Original Tipping Page has been down now for two days. Still no word from the ISP on when it will be back up.
The Original Tipping Page has been down now for two days. Still no word from the ISP on when it will be back up.
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