More useful key combinations

Jun 28, '02 08:34:53AM

Contributed by: klaxon

I was reading your recent tip on the Eject key and I accidentally discovered some other uses on my G4/500 DP. I have always lamented the loss of the power key on the newer Apple keyboards, so I was very happy to discover this:

1. option + apple + Eject = sleep immediately

2. control + apple + Eject = shutdown and reboot immediately

3. control + Eject = shutdown/restart dialog box (like hitting the old power key used to do).

The only combination I can't find is "shutdown immediately." I don't know if these key combos are posted anywhere, but I never heard of them before. I began experimenting with some other keys:

4. option + (any sound key) = open audio alerts panel in system prefs

[Editor's note: A couple of these have been published here before, but a couple of them are new to me, too...]

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