How To Lock Your MacBook?

You store a lot of your professional and non-professional information on MacBook device. So I recommend you to lock it with the Mac operating system for keeping your data secure. Go through this blog carefully to know the method of setting the MacBook password so that you can prevent strangers or unwanted people from having a look at your private files.

The method of turning off Automatic Sign in

1. Firstly, press on the symbol of Apple. It shall be present towards the top at the left-hand side of the display.
2. Then, choose System Preferences.
3. After that, click on Users and Groups.
4. Next, press on the Login Options.
5. Note that if the display is grayed, then press on the symbol of the lock. It shall be at the end towards left-hand side stating ‘Click the lock to make changes.’
6. Then, put the password.
7. After that, press on Unlock.
8. Next, go to Automatic sign in pull-down and make sure that it is disabled.
9. Finally, you have turned off automatic sign in on Mac operating system.

Some simple methods for locking MacBook fast

The way of locking MacBook with the Apple Logo

1. Firstly, press the symbol of Apple. It shall be present on the top towards the left-hand side corner of the display.
2. Then, press on Lock screen.

The method of locking MacBook by keyboard shortcut

• Press the combination of Ctrl+Command+Q for locking MacBook by keyboard shortcut.

The method of locking MacBook by Hotcorner

1. Firstly, press on the symbol of Apple. It should be on the top towards the left corner of the display.
2. Then, press on the System Preferences option.
3. Next, click on Desktop and Screensaver.
4. After going to screen saver tab, press on Hot Corners. It shall be present towards the end on the right corner side of the window.
5. Choose the pull-down immediate after the adjacent corner which you would wish to use the MacBook.
6. After that, press Lock Screen.
7. Lastly, press on OK for completing the above steps and, then you should close the dialog box.

The way of locking MacBook by touch bar

1. Firstly, press on the symbol of Apple. It shall be present towards the top on the left-hand side of the display.
2. Then, press on System Preference.
3. After that, press on the symbol of Keyboard.
4. Next, choose Customize Touch box.
5. Then, prefer dragging Screen Lock button to the touch bar.
6. Lastly, press on Done for completing the action.

John Villano is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.

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