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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 App Store shots reveal Parental Controls, store helper app

by Mike Schramm (Dec 24th, 2010)

9to5Mac apparently snuck its way into the Mac App Store a little early (the marketplace is set to open up on January 6), and has brought back some screenshots of the app's OS X trappings. You can see the app's icon already, and the app will have a login screen very similar to what you already use in ...

Create a fluid transition from login window to desktop in two easy steps

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 11th, 2009)

I always thought it would be cool if you could customize the background image of the Mac's login screen. That's the image you see behind the login panel when you turn your Mac on (if you have disabled Automatic Login in System Preferences). Why? Because if I could have the login image match my ...

Start iChat (or Adium) without logging into services

by Cory Bohon (Dec 17th, 2008)

Have you ever wanted to open iChat or Adium to check a chat log, account setting, or other information, but didn't want to connect to your instant messaging services? Rob Griffiths at Macworld offers a great tip on how you can easily do this, and it won't annoy your online buddies with incessant ...

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 ...

TUAW Tip: easy TUAW login bookmarklet

by Mat Lu (Sep 10th, 2007)

A lot of folks write in complaining about the login system for commenting here on TUAW. While we completely sympathize (all the TUAW contributors have to login the same way to leave comments) in this day and age of comment spam it's an unfortunate necessity. That said, computers are supposed to make ...

Visage Login - customize Mac OS X's login screen

by David Chartier (Dec 4th, 2006)

If the design of Apple's Mac OS X login screen just isn't floatin' yer boat, Visage Login might be worth a look. With two separate versions - one for 10.4 and another for 10.1-10.3 - this is one of the few apps I remember where 10.3 users have some features to brag about over Tiger users. As an app ...

One way to fix a Mac that won't login

by C.K. Sample, III (Jan 25th, 2006)

So the other night, while covering Sundance Film Festival for Blogging Sundance and Cinematical, we had a problem with Jason Calacanis's Powerbook G4. It would boot and run through the loading Mac OS X screen very quickly, but at the point where it was supposed to load the login screen, we were ...

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