Mac OS X keeps logging me out after a period of time

ShadowDan · ShadowDan #1 (**permalink**)

12-16-2011, 11:23 PM

I keep having an issue with my PowerPC G4 Mac Mini, Every-time I leave the computer for an hour or more, I return to find that the OS has logged me out of the system.

It never does it when i manually activate and lock the screen saver. It only seems to do it after an hour or so.

1. Is this a OS issue or hardware issue? I have no clue.
2. If this is a setting that I need to change, can I disable automatic log out after a period of time? I don't like this at all. Quite frankly I don't know why I didn't ask about it before. It's been doing it since I purchased it. (Remember, it's a second hand PPC G4 that I brought off a friend) He did say that it did it to him and to avoid it doing again, just manually activate the screen saver/lock screen.

fulyq · fulyq #2 (**permalink**)

12-17-2011, 02:18 PM

-> System Preferences, Security, General

Checkbox: Log out of ... minutes..

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ShadowDan #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 05, 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 74 Mac Specs: Mac Mini PowerPC G4 Mac OS X 10.5.8 120 GIG HDD Ethernet	12-16-2011, 11:23 PM I keep having an issue with my PowerPC G4 Mac Mini, Every-time I leave the computer for an hour or more, I return to find that the OS has logged me out of the system. It never does it when i manually activate and lock the screen saver. It only seems to do it after an hour or so. 1. Is this a OS issue or hardware issue? I have no clue. 2. If this is a setting that I need to change, can I disable automatic log out after a period of time? I don't like this at all. Quite frankly I don't know why I didn't ask about it before. It's been doing it since I purchased it. (Remember, it's a second hand PPC G4 that I brought off a friend) He did say that it did it to him and to avoid it doing again, just manually activate the screen saver/lock screen.
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fulyq #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 17, 2011 Posts: 6	12-17-2011, 02:18 PM -> System Preferences, Security, General Checkbox: Log out of ... minutes..
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