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Quickly Reboot, Log out, and Sleep your Mac

November 6th, 2009 - How to, Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks

Here’s three helpful tips for quickly rebooting, shutting down, logging out, or sleeping your Mac:

Immediately Reboot Mac OS X
Control + Command + Eject

Immediately Shutdown Mac OS X
Command + Option + Control + Eject

Immediately Log User Out of Mac OS X
Control + Option + Shift + Q

Immediately Put Your Mac to Sleep
Command + Option + Eject (hold the buttons down for 2 seconds)

and a bonus tip!

Immediately Shut Off Your Mac Display
Shift + Control + Eject

Posted by: David Mendez

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Comments: 4

Comment from Tomball
Time: November 6, 2009, 8:57 am

Command + Option + Control + Eject shuts down not reboot

Comment from Tomball
Time: November 6, 2009, 8:58 am

Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343

Comment from hpux735
Time: November 6, 2009, 11:20 am

I want a shortcut that puts the display to sleep (but doesn’t put my mac to sleep) similar to the expose’ hot corner. I use it to “lock my screen” when I step away from my desk…

Comment from warmz
Time: November 8, 2009, 3:14 am

Correction:

Immediately Log User Out of Mac OS X
Command + Option + Shift + Q

NB: This is true for Snow Leopard

The above mentions ‘Control’ which doesn’t work.

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November 6th, 2009