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You can find more information on our install page.

#MAC SCREENSAVER START AFTER GRAYED OUT DOWNLOAD#

If you follow the download link on this site, this is what you'll get.

To overcome this, we made a separate Aerial Companion app to bring you auto updates.

The sandboxing restrictions make it impossible, as far as I understand, for a screensaver file to auto-update itself, as Aerial did in the past through Sparkle.

In older macOS versions, it can be hosted either by System Preferences (for the preference pane) or ScreenSaverEngine.app when running fullscreen. In Catalina, Aerial (like all third party screensavers) is hosted by legacyScreenSaver.appex.

If you want to use "Color icons", you will need to setup this additional rule:.

You may need to explicitely create the following rule to get it working:

Weather : Aerial uses Yahoo Weather's API, and requires access to it.

Please note you may also need to create the same rule for More information regarding this issue and other issues with Community Videos can be found here. For Catalina, you'll need to create the following rule : You need to explicitely allow access to for Aerial to work properly.

Community videos: Those videos are hosted on GitHub.

Usually, downloading videos will be ok with default settings, but you may see issues with : Furthermore, while you may be used to Little Snitch asking you to allow or deny a network connexion, they don't seem to do this for screen savers. Want more stuff related to your Mac? Here are some more tips and tricks, guides, and tutorials for your Mac.įor more updates on the latest smartphones and tech, follow us on our social media profiles.Are you using Little Snitch or another firewall ?Īerial requires network access (at least once, after that it can work offline) for it to work, and default Little Snitch settings may impair some or all of it's features.

#MAC SCREENSAVER START AFTER GRAYED OUT HOW TO#

You may also want to check out how to customize the login screen on your Mac. That was it, you’ve just customized one of your login preferences on Mac.

Keep your Mac at a safe location or anyone could access it and log into your account with the automatic login feature. Someone could log into your user account directly without letting you know, so it’s just good for those who are the only user on the Mac. Since the automatic login doesn’t ask you for authentication, this might be a security risk if you are on a shared computer. You can also choose a time interval from the pop-up menu.

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Under the General tab, remove the tick where it says Require password after sleep or screen saver begins.

Go to Apple icon -> System Preferences -> Security & Privacy.

But you can override this setting from the System Preferences. When your Mac goes to sleep or stops using a screen saver after the system is waked from the idle state, you may still need to enter your password. Want to lock folders and encrypt your data? Take a look at how to encrypt and password-protect a folder on Mac.Īuto-Login After Sleep Or Screen Saver Begins Turning off the FileVault will enable the automatic login. You can choose not to use the iCloud password when changing the account password.Īnother reason why you can’t auto-login is that your FileVault is turned on. You may also see the message A user with an encrypted home folder can’t log in automatically.

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If your user account uses an iCloud password to log in, manual login is required for that account. What If The Automatic Login Is Unavailable?Ĭan’t access the automatic login option? When manual login is needed, the Automatic login menu is dimmed or disabled. You may still be asked to log in manually after logging out, switching back from another user account, or locking your screen. The account is now set for auto-login when your Mac starts up.

On the right side, click on the drop-down menu and select your account to automatically login.

Click Login Options at the bottom of the left pane.

Click on the lock icon and enter the password of the user account to unlock Users & Groups preferences.

Enter the user account password to make changes to your system. If you aren’t logged in as an administrator, you will be asked to enter an administrator’s name and password.

Click on the Apple menu -> System Preferences from the menu bar and select Users & Groups.

To enable auto-login, follow these steps. If you turn on automatic login for a user account, your Mac automatically logs in to that account during startup. Set your Mac to automatically log in during startup. Login Automatically To The Desktop On Your Mac Annoyed by typing the password again and again whenever your Mac wakes from the sleep or while you power it on? Here’s what you can do to automatically log into the user account and head directly to the desktop once you start your Mac.