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How do I check activity on my Macbook Pro?
In the Activity Monitor app on your Mac, do any of the following:
- To view processor activity over time, click CPU (or use the Touch Bar).
- To view current processor activity, choose Window > CPU Usage.
- To view recent processor activity, choose Window > CPU History.
What is the Lock Screen on my Mac?
With the new Lock Screen feature, you can instantly lock down a Mac through a system-wide menu option, or with a keyboard shortcut. Once Lock Screen has been enabled, a proper user login and password must be entered before the Mac can be accessed again.
How do I find activity on my Macbook Pro?
Is there a way to successfully unlock a Mac that is stuck on the ARD lock screen?
My question: is there a way to successfully unlock a Mac that’s stuck on the ARD lock screen, using ssh or otherwise? One way to reproduce this: Log in to the target Mac with Remote Desktop, initiate Curtain mode, and then after finishing whatever work was to be done, log out the user on the target Mac while still under Curtain mode.
How to get out of locked screen mode?
In the Remote Desktop app, open the system list and highlight a remote machine that shows a status of “Locked Screen.” Pull down the Interact menu and choose “Unlock Screen…” You’ll immediately see the system’s status change from “Locked Screen” to “Available.” You can then initiate a new curtain mode connection.
Why is my screen locked on my MacBook Pro?
Unfortunately, there’s a bug of some kind that causes the remote Mac’s screen to stay locked, even after I’ve disconnected from it. (Latest ARD and OS X 10.8.2 on both machines.) When this happens, I come in to work the next day to find the big lock icon and message on my Mac’s screen.
How to script the lock screen in Apple?
Apple provides an example of how to script the lock screen in Chapter 9 of the ARD Admin Guide. As you already have osascript access, I would send the unlock command. OK, I cannot comment on using ARD, I don’t have it, but this may be a suitable workaround, at least in the meantime.