Today our computers have become indispensable devices for most of us, since from them we carry out a number of personal and professional procedures
That is why the amount of information that we are storing in them is greater with the passage of time and therefore we must be careful with their protection and security.
As we have mentioned on numerous occasions in Solvetic, the password is one of the simplest and currently used security mechanisms for its simplicity and ease of access since only we should have access to said password.
In the event that you do not want to remove the password but only change it, you can do so by entering the following link. In this way you can assign a different password.
There are a number of parameters when establishing a password , but when we are the only users of the system we can deactivate this type of protection so that entering this password is not necessary at all times, which for some users can be annoying.
Today in Solvetic we will see how we can eliminate this password from Mac. Remember that in any operating system we have two scenarios for entering our password:
- In the login that is when we turn on or restart the system
- After a screen lock due to hibernation or suspension
How to remove Mac password lock screen
This option applies when we have the screen saver enabled in the system.
Step 1
For this we must go to System Preferences using one of the following methods:
- By clicking on the icon located in the System Dock
- Go to the Apple menu and there select System Preferences
- Entering the word preferences using Spotlight and select the respective utility there.
We will see the following:
- Step 2: There we will select the Security and privacy option where we will see the following window where we must click on the padlock icon to be able to carry out any editing process
- Step 3: Once we enter the password we go to the General tab and we will see the box Request password in case we have the active screen lock option
How to remove Mac login password
If we want to disable the password completely in macOS High Sierra completely, we go back to System Preferences.
- Step 1: There we will click on the Users and groups option, and once we access it, it will be necessary to click on the padlock icon again to make changes and enter our administrator password.
- Step 2: Now we must press the Unlock button to execute the changes.
- Step 3: Then click on the Start options line and in the Automatic login field we will display the drop-down list and there we will select the user who will automatically log in and again enter the administrator password
Step 4
Click on Ok and we will see that the selected user will automatically log in without requiring a password:
You must bear in mind that stopping protection can be a risk, since anyone who has access to your Mac at any given time, will be able to access your files and documents, since they do not need any type of password. To prevent this, it is best that at least this type of content, if you assign a password. To know how it is done, in the following link you will find all the detailed steps of this process.
We have seen how we can easily remove password protection in macOS.
Date update on 2020-07-03. Date published on 2020-07-03. Category: games Author: Oscar olg Fuente: solvetic