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  • Terminally Geeky: use automatic login more securely

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    TJ Luoma
    TJ Luoma
    03.07.2011

    Imagine if you rebooted your computer, and it automatically logged you in, launched all of your login apps, updated your Dropbox folder, MobileMe, email, RSS, Twitter and everything else without you even having to enter your password. That auto-login capability is built into your Mac, and in fact, it may be the default setting on your Mac, so this may be how you're used to operating. But if you're like me, you disabled auto-login for security reasons, so when you reboot your Mac, it stops at the login screen, waiting for you to enter (or click on) your login name and enter your password. What if you could have both? What if you could have the security of the login screen with the convenience of automatic login? That's what I'm going to show you how to do.