Lock Screen on Mac OS X using keyboard shortcut.

1. Download "Global Hotkey"
2. Create a folder "Global Hotkey" and copy contents of downloaded DMG to that.
3. In a terminal do:
cd "/Applications/Global Hotkey"
ln -s /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app "command f10"
4. Make sure Screensaver is set to prompt for password (you may need to relog for this to take effect)
5. Preferences -> Accounts -> -> Login Items : Add "Global Hotkey.app"
6. Launch the app as well

Comments

Anonymous said…

You can also just drag:

/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app

to your dock for quick access..

5:28 PM

Mark Wheadon said…

Hi - here's a way which allows you to type a Windows-L style key chord to trigger the screen saver:

locking your screen under osx

Cheers,

Mark

10:21 AM

Anonymous said…

SHIFT-CTRL-EJECT

Seems to work these days... Just be sure to require password when returning from screensaver (with no delay).

1:01 PM

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