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Little-known options for the OS X login window

by TJ Luoma (Feb 26th, 2011)

If you have your login window set to show the Name and Password fields (as opposed to the "List of users" or auto-login), you will see a window like the one shown above when your Mac first boots, when you logout, or when you change to the login window if you have Fast User Switching ...

Mac 101: Disabling automatic login

by Cory Bohon (Jul 29th, 2008)

If you use your Mac as a public computer (or family computer), then you might not always want it to load your user account when the computer starts up. By changing one option in the Accounts System Preference pane, you can have your Mac display a list of user accounts upon startup. Just open System ...