How do i lock my macbook air?

ramirez · 23 Sep 2011 at 10:06

whats the keystroke command to lock my macbook air??

Brian8bit · 23 Sep 2011 at 10:10

I have OS X setup so that it requires password immediately after screensaver begins. I then have "start screen saver" set to the bottom left corner in Expose. So when I want to lock my machines, I just mouse over the bottom left corner of the screen to activate the screensaver. Both on my iMac and MBP.

There's a tut here: http://mactips.info/2010/06/how-to-lock-your-macs-screen

I don't think there's a simple key combination shortcut like on Windows.

MrMoonX · 23 Sep 2011 at 10:48

yes you can, click on your name at the top right and select login window, no keystroke I know of but this is simple

Mr_White · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:08

Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access > Preferences > Show status in menu bar

That will put a padlock in your menu bar that you can click and then lock the screen.

Brian8bit · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:18

Mr_White said:
Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access > Preferences > Show status in menu bar

That will put a padlock in your menu bar that you can click and then lock the screen.

Much obliged. Just done that myself.

8t10 · 23 Sep 2011 at 19:28

Or, get a quick launcher like Alfred and type in "sc" + enter to quickly access screensaver if you want to use the screensaver method.

K1LLSW1TCH · 29 Sep 2011 at 16:47

Why don't you just log out with Shift-Command-Q?

EDIT: Assuming you don't need to keep all your programs running.

smokedog · 29 Sep 2011 at 23:13

Brian8bit said:
I don't think there's a simple key combination shortcut like on Windows.

There is a sleep display shortcut but it wouldn't work on MBA, as one of the keys is "eject'.

Turbo-G · 30 Sep 2011 at 07:13

smokedog said:
There is a sleep display shortcut but it wouldn't work on MBA, as one of the keys is "eject'.

I'm sure you can customise it though.

rogan · 30 Sep 2011 at 08:04

you can use automater to assign a key combo to start screen saver and have require password on wake

flying grouse · 12 Nov 2011 at 18:13

Try Tokenlock from app store..........you can use various devices, from USB,bluetooth....mouse or iphone
nice app for your iMac................Many ways to set up, "switch off" the mouse or keyboard, remove a USB key......it's up to you how it's set up, go to their website from the app store. More info available how to set up

TreeTops · 13 Nov 2011 at 12:42

Look for an preferences plugin called LockTight. It only does one thing, allowing you to assign a keyboard combination to lock the current user.

thewanted · 13 Nov 2011 at 12:46

TreeTops said:
Look for an preferences plugin called LockTight. It only does one thing, allowing you to assign a keyboard combination to lock the current user.

Thought about this myself when I read the thread's title:

http://www.gkoya.com/2006/11/23/locktight-for-mac-os-x-intel/