Quickly Reboot, Log out, and Sleep your Mac
Nov 6, 2009 - 4 Comments
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
Command + Option + Control + Eject shuts down not reboot
Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343
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…
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.