• Mac Terminal Command Shortcut

Mac Terminal Command Shortcut

For years I’ve been searching for a keyboard shortcut that would instantly lock my screen / desktop. I’ve seen this on Linux window managers and something like this probably exists on every major operating system. My current workaround was to open Keychain.app, enable the menu bar icon in the preferences and click each time on the menu bar item -> lock screen. I tried AppleScript, I tried Automator, I even convinced a friend that it would be necessary to write a small app for this. Recently however, said that there is such a shortcut and that it exists since Mac OS 8. This holy shortcut is: ⌃ + ⇧ + ⏏ (Control + Shift + Eject) On Macs without an Eject key you can use the power button in the shortcut instead. You have to enable »Require Password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins« in the System Preferences -> Security to make this truly lock your screen. Apple mac background.

Now whenever I Option-Boot, I am greeted with a Password Lock screen, which the four digit PIN that I set from Find My Mac opens. There are no other options, it is just a plain grey screen with a password lock. Login Screen. However, the screen saver that kicks in after a period of time at the login screen is not controlled by that user setting. Instead use this terminal command.

(Mac) TextWrangler is a multi-purpose text editor for the Mac OS. It has a useful “plugin” system allowing developers a way for extending TextWrangler’s built-in features. It also has a function browser so that you can quickly find and jump to the function you’re looking for (very helpful for those really long files).