Comments on: Quickly turn off your Mac’s displays with Shift-Control-Eject

By: Shashi

Shashi — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:11:37 +0000

This is just sleep display, not sleep computer.

for sleep computer, use
command-option-eject

By: Anthony Cramp

Anthony Cramp — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:03:36 +0000

@verboze Do you require a password “immediately” after sleep or screen saver begins? System Preferences -> Security -> General.

By: verboze

verboze — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:39:05 +0000

@Anthony Cramp: I don’t think this locks your screen. I’ve got my mac setup to require password after the screensaver, but when I tried this tip, I am able to get right back to the desktop without a password by pressing any key.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:15:07 +0000

Craig, you can turn the brightness down on the mac. The external monitor will stay lit. I don’t know if there’s a shortcut way to do this.

By: Woodgie

Woodgie — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:10:03 +0000

How did I not know that?

Winner of best tip I’ve learned all year, I think!

By: Anthony Cramp

Anthony Cramp — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:06:46 +0000

Great! If you have your machine setup to require a password after sleep or screen saver begins, then this key combo is a quick way to lock your machine. To date I’ve got the screen saver tied to a hot corner and have to fling the mouse to the lower right when I walk away from the computer. Keyboard combo is quicker and more repeatable for me.

Thanks.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:40:48 +0000

Nice tip – but is there any way to, say, disable one monitor and keep another one functioning as the main display. i.e. a macbook pro with external display (i don’t want to sleep/wake my computer for this functionality) I just want mac osx to disable my laptop display when I have my external display plugged in. Windows vista even does this…