OSX tries to log me out when I leave my mini unattended

[borgusio]

Hello,

I have an annoying issue on my Mac Mini (i7 2011). When I leave it alone for a longer period of time (sometimes hours, sometimes one/two days) and then I log in again I just realize that the mac forced a reboot on its own.

Sometimes I can avoid this since a window from an application blocked the restart thus leaving me with the possibility of getting access to my previous session.

This is very bad, expecially when I have to leave my desk for something urgent and I expect to continue my work as soon as I am back.

The funny thing is that it does it not just in yosemite, but also with previous versions of the OS. It clearly seems to be a software thing - since sometimes I catch it while it is trying to do it and I see no kernel panic or stuff like that - any idea how to solve it?

 

[AlanShutko]

There is a setting in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General -> Advanced: "Log off after XX minutes of inactivity". Check to see if that checkbox is selected. If it is, turn it off.

 

[borgusio]

There is a setting in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General -> Advanced: "Log off after XX minutes of inactivity". Check to see if that checkbox is selected. If it is, turn it off.

Thanks a lot AlanShutko, this is exactely what I was looking for - it was set at 60'!

I googled it a lot, apparently the wrong way...