Keep in mind the integer value needs to be in seconds that corresponds with one of the GUI options you see in the Desktop & Screen Saver pref pane. Then I did this to convert the plist into a format Jamf could read plutil -convert xml1 ~/Desktop/ I created this by running the following commands in Terminal defaults write ~/Desktop/ askForPassword -bool trueĭefaults write ~/Desktop/ idleTime -int 600 Here is a screenshot of what mine looks like The only way I've found to set this reliably is with a User Level Config Profile that applies settings to the It's inconsistent precisely because it's not being used correctly. The fact that it works sometimes, and sometimes not is likely just an anomaly. That applies to when the Mac is sitting at the login window, not when someone is logged in. The reason the profile being shown above does not work is because it's a LoginWindow profile, meaning exactly what it says. I thought I posted on this thread at one time - maybe it was one very similar to it.
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