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Is there a keystroke that can lock the Mac OS X screensaver?

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Mar 15, 202612938 views
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On Windows I can hit Windows + L to lock my desktop. On Leopard there doesn't seem to be this capability. While I can set the screensaver to come on very quickly, I would like to hit a key combo to lock my computer.

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Fix for: Is there a keystroke that can lock the Mac OS X screensaver?

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You can create different methods to quickly lock your screen on OS X. There is a comprehensive article here: http://www.macworld.com/article/49080/2006/01/lockscreen.html One simple way is to: Open Keychain Access -> preferences -> tick Show Status …

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