Admin password required after every screen saver or monitor blackout on iMac

Got me an annoying little connundrum here, folks. I've just updated my 2020 model iMac 27-inch machine - to Sequoia v 5.6 and now, I cannot turn off that irritating little ditty that requires me to re-enter my admin password EVERY time after the monitor goes to black or after the screen saver starts up. Now, all the check box lines that would permit this are greyed out. Can anyone solve this??


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Original Title: Post-update connundrum.

iMac 27″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Aug 17, 2025 07:12 AM

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Aug 17, 2025 08:52 AM in response to jaigieese1863

If you can not set "Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off" to Never...?

Then the iPhone Mirroring App could be preventing you from changing that setting.



To fix it, open the iPhone Mirroring App on your Mac and change the setting to "Ask every time"

Then go back and set "Require password after screensaver begins or display is off" to Never.


Admin password required after every screen saver or monitor blackout on iMac

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