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Shift-Control-Eject/Power. Very quick to just hit those keys as you get up from your desk, and your mac is locked. And Command-Option-Eject/Power will pout you

Shift-Control-Eject/Power. Very quick to just hit those keys as you get up from your desk, and your mac is locked. And Command-Option-Eject/Power will pout your Mac to sleep.

chroma 12y ago
Useful advice, but the MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro don't have an eject key (⏏). Edit: Ah, I see now. Eject or Power depending on the model. Thanks.
- recampbell 12y ago
  Ctrl-Shift-Power on MacBook Pro (which is what he meant by Eject/Power).
  - kolev 12y ago
    Doesn't work for me on MacBook Air.
  - r00fus 12y ago
    I found that I had to use Fn-Ctrl-Shift-Power on my Retina.
stronglikedan 12y ago
Win+L in windows, which can be difficult with an ergonomic keyboard with only a left Win key, because you have to use two hands (or be very lanky and limber). Does anyone know of an easier way?
- ivraatiems 12y ago
  My first thought would be to re-map Win+L with AutoHotKey or similar. Or, just press start, and arrow up and over to lock (lots more keypresses though).
  - stronglikedan 12y ago
    I'm no good with macros, but the start+arrow idea is great. For me it's only one more keypress, but I can do it all with one hand. Funny thing is, I use that combo at home to put my home computer to sleep, because I don't leave that running in between sessions. Thanks for the tip that I should have known already!
- avree 12y ago
  Don't you generally type with two hands? How often are you locking that this is a problem?
  - stronglikedan 12y ago
    Everytime I get up from my desk, so once or twice per hour. Usually, I already have something in one hand, like a pad or cup of coffee.
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- smellf 12y ago
  You ought to retrain yourself, using the off hand modifier key is the correct way to type anyway. Even if you don't type "correctly", it still doesn't seem like a big deal. I can't imagine anything easier than Meta-L.
  - stronglikedan 12y ago
    > using the off hand modifier key is the correct way to type anyway Please elaborate. > I can't imagine anything easier than Meta-L It's very easy when you don't already have a cup of coffee in your hand on the way to a meeting.
kchung 12y ago
Checkout OSX hot corners to start your screensaver, it's easy to just toss your mouse to a corner and your screen is locked.
- nasalgoat 12y ago
  This is what I do. I just jump the cursor to the corner when I get up. Super easy.
aerique 12y ago
I run Linux but use the iMac keyboard and have also mapped locking to shift-eject. I didn't know it was so close to the OSX bindings. Very easy to hit, yet hard to hit accidentally.
leftnode 12y ago
I set up hot corners so moving the mouse to the bottom right corner locks the computer.
NovaS1X 12y ago
Don't know if this is different in 10.10.1 (Just switched to OSX a month ago so I have no prior experience with OSX)but this key-combo doesn't lock the screen, it starts the screen-saver. If you want it to lock the screen you need to change your preferences in security and change the screen lockout time to "immediately" for it to act as a lock.
lshevtsov 12y ago
And if you have a MacBook, you can just shut the lid.
- Zelphyr 12y ago
  In my experience this is one of the things Apple still has yet to perfect. I frequently have a problem of my mid-2012 MBP not wanting to wake up when I open the lid no matter how many times I close/open it. Often I have to do a hard reboot. To Apple's credit, this is also still a problem with PC laptops from what I hear.
shoowack 12y ago
But you still need to type in your password every time you wake up your mac, with this app you don't have to

Shift-Control-Eject/Power. Very quick to just hit those keys as you get up from your desk, and your mac is locked. And Command-Option-Eject/Power will pout your Mac to sleep.

chroma 12y ago

Useful advice, but the MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro don't have an eject key (⏏). Edit: Ah, I see now. Eject or Power depending on the model. Thanks.

recampbell 12y ago
Ctrl-Shift-Power on MacBook Pro (which is what he meant by Eject/Power).
- kolev 12y ago
  Doesn't work for me on MacBook Air.
- r00fus 12y ago
  I found that I had to use Fn-Ctrl-Shift-Power on my Retina.

stronglikedan 12y ago

Win+L in windows, which can be difficult with an ergonomic keyboard with only a left Win key, because you have to use two hands (or be very lanky and limber). Does anyone know of an easier way?

ivraatiems 12y ago
My first thought would be to re-map Win+L with AutoHotKey or similar. Or, just press start, and arrow up and over to lock (lots more keypresses though).
- stronglikedan 12y ago
  I'm no good with macros, but the start+arrow idea is great. For me it's only one more keypress, but I can do it all with one hand. Funny thing is, I use that combo at home to put my home computer to sleep, because I don't leave that running in between sessions. Thanks for the tip that I should have known already!
avree 12y ago
Don't you generally type with two hands? How often are you locking that this is a problem?
- stronglikedan 12y ago
  Everytime I get up from my desk, so once or twice per hour. Usually, I already have something in one hand, like a pad or cup of coffee.
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smellf 12y ago
You ought to retrain yourself, using the off hand modifier key is the correct way to type anyway. Even if you don't type "correctly", it still doesn't seem like a big deal. I can't imagine anything easier than Meta-L.
- stronglikedan 12y ago
  > using the off hand modifier key is the correct way to type anyway Please elaborate. > I can't imagine anything easier than Meta-L It's very easy when you don't already have a cup of coffee in your hand on the way to a meeting.

kchung 12y ago

Checkout OSX hot corners to start your screensaver, it's easy to just toss your mouse to a corner and your screen is locked.

nasalgoat 12y ago
This is what I do. I just jump the cursor to the corner when I get up. Super easy.

aerique 12y ago

I run Linux but use the iMac keyboard and have also mapped locking to shift-eject. I didn't know it was so close to the OSX bindings. Very easy to hit, yet hard to hit accidentally.

leftnode 12y ago

I set up hot corners so moving the mouse to the bottom right corner locks the computer.

NovaS1X 12y ago

Don't know if this is different in 10.10.1 (Just switched to OSX a month ago so I have no prior experience with OSX)but this key-combo doesn't lock the screen, it starts the screen-saver. If you want it to lock the screen you need to change your preferences in security and change the screen lockout time to "immediately" for it to act as a lock.

lshevtsov 12y ago

And if you have a MacBook, you can just shut the lid.

Zelphyr 12y ago
In my experience this is one of the things Apple still has yet to perfect. I frequently have a problem of my mid-2012 MBP not wanting to wake up when I open the lid no matter how many times I close/open it. Often I have to do a hard reboot. To Apple's credit, this is also still a problem with PC laptops from what I hear.

shoowack 12y ago

But you still need to type in your password every time you wake up your mac, with this app you don't have to