Digital Commons at Penn State

The iMac's are set to Automatically Log off after a period of time when the computer is inactive. The computer does not count rendering or burning a DVD/CD as user activity and will thus log off. To get around this function there is an application located in the Application folder on the iMac hard drive. The application is titled "disable automatic logout", run this application and the computer will no longer automatically log off.

Warning, remember to log off when you are finished or others might have access to your video or files. The auto logout feature will reset back to normal when the computer is logged out or turned off.