My current workaround was to open Keychain.app, enable the menu bar icon in the preferences and click each time on the menu bar item -> lock screen. I’ve seen this on Linux window managers and something like this probably exists on every major operating system. To lock a folder on Mac a few more steps are required and the general process is a bit more complicated but it’s worth the risk of allowing someone to access your personal files without permission.įor years I’ve been searching for a keyboard shortcut that would instantly lock my screen / desktop. You can also lock an entire folder on your Mac. Locking your Mac computer is not the only way of safe-keeping your files.
This works in a similar way to the previous one, but rather than just lock your Mac it powers down the hard drive, puts the CPU into low power mode and stops background tasks in order to save energy. It will lock the screen.You can also use a keyboard shortcut to put your Mac to sleep. Question: Q: Locking the screen via keyboard shortcut on MacBooks without Eject Button So you already know about the control-shift-eject keyboard shortcut to lock the screen (but not put the computer to sleep - equivalent to Windows Key + L on a PC).
