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Toggle "ask for password after screensaver/sleep" or the delay in 10.7 using terminal

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Mar 15, 202618614 views
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There's an option in the preference panel to change the time the mac is able to be in sleep/screensaver before requiring a password to be unlocked again. I'm using OS X Lion 10.7. Is there any way to change this setting using the terminal or an applescript? I tried to change the plist file using: a…

Error Output

defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 60

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Fix for: Toggle "ask for password after screensaver/sleep" or the delay in 10.7 using terminal

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Try using the option to the command. In addition to the command there's also :

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