Comments on: Paranoid? Quickly lock your Mac’s screen while staying logged in

By: JasonD

JasonD — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:08:49 +0000

How about this key combo “Shift+CTRL+Eject”

Built in command. No programming or setup required.

Brings up login screen, leaves running apps open and negates the requirement for Fast User Switching.

What the…?

By: Rokcet Scientist

Rokcet Scientist — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:08:01 +0000

You don’t even have to do that Keychain business, Patrick. Simply set a hot corner for your screensaver, and in System Preferences/Security/General you select “Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screensaver”. Waaaay faster and simpler than pressing Windows+L!

By: patrick

patrick — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:16:29 +0000

Actually, there’s a much easier way to do this that does. Open Keychain Access and enable the Keychain Access menu bar item (I think it’s in the Preferences for said application). A lock icon will appear in the menu bar. This icon contains, amongst other keychain-related options, a Lock Screen menu item.

Selecting Lock Screen activates the screen saver and requires a password to get the desktop back, regardless of your screen save password settings.

By: aidan

aidan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:50:13 +0000

another way to log out with a keyboard shortcut using quicksilver is to initiate quicksilver and type “fast log out” its a plug in so if you dont have it then you can install it through quicksilver preferences.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:27:12 +0000

There’s an even easier way to do this if you use Quicksilver, which I highly recommend!

1) Go to System Preferences -> Security -> General and check the box “Require password to wake this computer….”

2) Open Terminal and run this command (without quotes):
“sudo ln -s /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/ /Applications/Screen\ Saver.app”

3) Setup a Quicksilver trigger to run the Screen Saver.app.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:47:49 +0000

ooh! this will be good to know when I finally get myself a mac!
Thanks!!!
*bows to the master of macs*

By: Oscar

Oscar — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:43:26 +0000

To lock the screen without allowing other people to log in:

system preferences -> desktop/screensaver -> screen saver

The hot corners button in the bottom left, click that. Set one of the corners to start the screen saver. Then set up the screensaver to require a password.

Now just move the mouse into whichever corner you set up to activate the screensaver.