Reader Ace writes in with a nifty customization that will set your Mac apart from the rest.
Update: Added instructions to back up the default background image first (tx InspectorXGadget ) and undo the operation, plus see a safer, preference-based method below.
Customize Your Mac’s Logon Screen
Reader Ace writes in with a nifty customization that will set your Mac apart from the rest.
Find a desktop wallpaper image ( Social Wallpapering ‘s a good bet), save it to your desktop as background.jpg , and in the Terminal enter:
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You’ll have to enter your password to complete the operation. Then, in your Desktop directory in the Terminal, type:
Now, next time you log off, your logon screen will have your new custom background. Slick. Thanks, Ace!
To undo the operation, in the Terminal, type:
Update: Mac sysadmin Delfuego says that you shouldn’t ever manually mess around in the /System/ directory at all; a safer, non-command line alternative might be this application , which can set your logon screen to match your desktop wallpaper. (Thanks, Marc .) Alternately, you can modify your logon background by changing a preference versus overwriting the file. Here’s the command:
Customize Your Mac’s Logon Screen
Reader Ace writes in with a nifty customization that will set your Mac apart from the rest.
Wish your Mac’s login screen worked differently? Maybe you don’t want to see a list of users, or maybe you wish you could change your keyboard format before typing your password. There’s no “Login Screen” panel in System Preferences, but these settings to exist—they’re just a little hidden.
We’ve already shown you how to change your Mac login screen’s wallpaper, and that’s a great (albeit convoluted) way to give your login screen a custom look. But if you also want to tweak the functionality of the login screen, you need to dig a little. Here’s where to look, and what you can do.
Add or Remove Things From the macOS Login Screen
Most of the settings related to the login screen are hidden in Users and Groups in System Preferences.
At the bottom of the list of users, in the left panel, you’ll see a house next to the words “Login Options.” Click that.
This will open up the options related to your login screen.
The first option you’ll notice is “Display login window as.” The default selection, “List of users” will show every user’s icon (which you can change) and their username. Like this:
If you opt for the “Name and password” option, however, you’ll see two blank fields:
This is a slightly more secure option, as anyone with access to your computer will need both the username and password in order to log in. That makes brute force attacks a bit harder, though it’s by no means bulletproof.
Working our way down, you’ll find the option to enable the Sleep, Restart, and Shut Down buttons. These look like this, and will be at the bottom of the login screen:
You’ll see an option to “Show Input menu in login window.” If you regularly switch between languages and keyboard formats, enabling this is probably a good idea. It will add an icon for switching your format to the top-right of your login screen.
Finally, you’ll find an option for enabling password hints, if you’ve set one up, and whether VoiceOver, which reads your screen to you, should be enabled in the login screen.
Those are the main options you have for configuring your login screen, but there’s one other thing you may want to add.
Add a Custom Message to Your Login Screen
We’ve shown you how to add a custom message to your login screen, but it’s a quick enough tweak that we’ll show you again here. Head to System Preferences, then to Security and Privacy Settings. You’ll see a “Set Lock Message” button.
Click it and you can add whatever message you want!
I recommend leaving some contact information, so anyone who finds your Mac can get in touch with you. Sure, some people would just keep your laptop, but there’s always a chance someone will be kind.
That’s about it in terms of customizing the login screen, other than changing the wallpaper to any image you want. Enjoy the new look!
Можно изменить картинку, которая будет отображаться рядом с Вашим именем или именем другого пользователя в окне входа на Mac.
На Mac выберите меню Apple
> «Системные настройки», затем нажмите «Пользователи и группы».
Если слева внизу отображается запертый замок , нажмите его, чтобы разблокировать панель настроек.
Выберите учетную запись пользователя слева.
Невозможно выбрать учетную запись пользователя, который сейчас в системе (помечен галочкой на картинке пользователя). Пользователь должен сам войти в систему и изменить свою картинку или выйти из системы, чтобы Вы могли ее изменить.
Выполните одно из следующих действий над картинкой справа.
Перетяните файл изображения с рабочего стола или из Finder на картинку пользователя.
Нажмите картинку, затем выполните одно из следующих действий.
Используйте картинку, входящую в macOS. Нажмите «По умолчанию», затем выберите картинку, например цветок.
Сделайте фотографию при помощи Mac. Нажмите «Камера» и, когда будете готовы, нажмите «Снять фото».
Используйте картинку из приложения «Фото». Нажмите «Фото». Чтобы отобрать фотографии по времени, месту или альбому, нажмите стрелку под фотографиями и выберите группу фотографий. Выберите изображение и нажмите «Далее».
Уменьшение и увеличение: Перетяните бегунок влево или вправо.
Перемещение изображения. Перетяните изображение в пределах круга.
Last updated on November 18, 2020 By Serhat Kurt 26 Comments
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The login screen is where you enter your password.
