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10.6: Lock the screen via a keyboard shortcut
Authored by: UberFu on Sep 08, '09 11:35:52AM

I can confirm that this works in Leopard as well - as did it in Tiger. BUt this is not a solution to merely activating a screensaver.

If I need to lock my computer for 5-10 minutes - walk away and come back so no one bothers my system while I step out - I don't want to have to wait 5 minutes just for the system to cycle downa dn crank back up.

The ability to hit a Keyboard Command natively on the Mac was around for years in Classic before the jump to OS X. And for some reason Apple moved it to a Menu only function with the OS change.

And if this Automator workflow works - it'll be great - 'cause I hate having to move the pointer to a "hot corner" all the damned time. Shouldn't have to.



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10.6: Lock the screen via a keyboard shortcut
Authored by: Typhoon14 on Sep 08, '09 06:14:51PM

This doesn't sound right. I've often used this command when the system was doing something hard drive and CPU intensive in the background, and it did not seem to do anything but turn off the display. Indeed, I usually did it if I was doing extensive video encoding that might take 8 hours or so. Even a minor reduction in processor clock speed would have extended the encoding time by a few hours, and I definitely would have noticed. More to the point, I don't really understand what you mean by the system cycling up and down. On all modern Macs the processor clock speed is adjusted dynamically depending on what the system is doing. Moreover, this adjustment happens instantaneously. It's not like some piece of industrial machinery that has to spin to its full operating speed slowly. I mean, the system can boot cold in about 30 seconds, wakes from full sleep almost instantly, and wakes from display sleep instantly. Nothing takes five minutes.



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