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A way to automatically take picture when Mac wake up

Hi everyone. It is my first time joining this forum and I hope everyone is doing well. Is there a way to automatically take selfie and save the photos to a folder whenever my Mac wake up? I want to have this kind of security measurement to check who has opened my device when I temporarily leave or forget to bring it back.

Posted on Nov 19, 2024 5:33 AM

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Posted on Nov 19, 2024 7:34 AM

Ahumanbeing100 wrote:

Many of my friends and family members know the password of my Mac. Personally I don't want them to access it but in many case they do it (I know this because the placement of apps in the dock changed) and still say they don't. So I want some proofs (pictures) that it is surely them who wake my Mac up from sleep. Although changing the password periodically may help, I want to expose their lies that they never opened my Mac because everyone trust them instead of me and this approach won't help in this regard.

Change the password so that they can not log into your Mac. If you share your password why would you not expect them to log in and why would it be necessary to tell you they did if you gave them the password?

Sharing your password with family and friends is not a good idea and defeats the purpose of having a password.

How many people have your friends and family shared the password with?

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Nov 19, 2024 7:34 AM in response to Ahumanbeing100

Ahumanbeing100 wrote:

Many of my friends and family members know the password of my Mac. Personally I don't want them to access it but in many case they do it (I know this because the placement of apps in the dock changed) and still say they don't. So I want some proofs (pictures) that it is surely them who wake my Mac up from sleep. Although changing the password periodically may help, I want to expose their lies that they never opened my Mac because everyone trust them instead of me and this approach won't help in this regard.

Change the password so that they can not log into your Mac. If you share your password why would you not expect them to log in and why would it be necessary to tell you they did if you gave them the password?

Sharing your password with family and friends is not a good idea and defeats the purpose of having a password.

How many people have your friends and family shared the password with?

Nov 19, 2024 7:32 AM in response to Ahumanbeing100

Ahumanbeing100 wrote:

Although changing the password periodically may help, I want to expose their lies that they never opened my Mac because everyone trust them instead of me and this approach won't help in this regard.

Changing the password will stop them from doing anything. Catching them in a lie, while possibly immediately satisfying, will probably not lead to the result you would like. Unless, of course, you like causing family drama.


Change the password and don't leave your Mac where other people can get to it.

Nov 19, 2024 7:30 AM in response to muguy

Many of my friends and family members know the password of my Mac. Personally I don't want them to access it but in many case they do it (I know this because the placement of apps in the dock changed) and still say they don't. So I want some proofs (pictures) that it is surely them who wake my Mac up from sleep. Although changing the password periodically may help, I want to expose their lies that they never opened my Mac because everyone trust them instead of me and this approach won't help in this regard.

A way to automatically take picture when Mac wake up

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